🎸 The Partisan Ukulele chords by Leonard Cohen

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
Gm

Verse 1:
     Bb   F     Gm      Bb    F  Gm
When they poured across the border, I was cautioned to surrender
    Bb    F  Eb          Bb    D7  Gm
This I could not do,  I took my gun and vanished

Verse 2:
    Bb     F    Gm     Bb   F    Gm
I have changed my name so often, I've lost my wife and children
   Bb    F    Eb           Bb   D7  Gm
But I have many friends,  and some of them are with me

Verse 3:
    Bb  F    Gm        Bb  F    Gm
An old woman gave us shelter, kept us hidden in the garret
     Bb    F  Eb          Bb   D7  Gm
Then the soldiers came,  she died without a whisper

Verse 4:
      Bb    F    Gm        Bb  F    Gm
There were three of us this morning, I'm the only one this evening
   Bb   F Eb           Bb   D7  Gm
But I must go on,  the frontiers are my prison

Verse 5:
    Bb    F    Gm         Bb     F    Gm
Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing through the graves the wind is blowing
Bb        F  Eb             Bb   D7  Gm
Freedom soon will come,  then we'll come from the shadows

Verse 6:
    Bb   F      Gm     Bb    F   Gm
Les Allemands étaient chez moi, ils me dirent, resigne-toi
The Germans were at my home, they told me to surrender:
    Bb    F Eb         Bb  D7  Gm
Mais je n'ai pas pu,  j'ai repris mon arme
But I could not do, I have retaken my weapon:

Verse 7:
     Bb   F    Gm      Bb    F  Gm
J'ai changé cent fois de nom, j'ai perdu femme et enfants
I have changed names a hundred times, I have lost wife and children:
     Bb   F  Eb         Bb  D7  Gm
Mais j'ai tant d'amis,  j'ai la France entière
But I have so many friends, I have entire France:

Verse 8:
     Bb     F   Gm      Bb    F  Gm
Un vieil homme dans un grenier pour la nuit nous a cachés
An old man in an attic kept us hidden for the night:
    Bb     F  Eb           Bb  D7  Gm
Les Allemands l'ont pris,  il est mort sans surprise
The Germans took him, he died without surprise:

Verse 9:
    Bb    F    Gm          Bb     F    Gm
Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing, through the graves the wind is blowing
Bb        F  Eb             Bb   D7  Gm
Freedom soon will come,  then we'll come from the shadows