The Old Revolution
Leonard Cohen
Ton : E
EI final-ly / A broke in-t/o pEri-son,
B Ifound my plac/e in the E .chain/.E7 /
A E-ven- dam-nat/ /-ion is poEis-oned-wit/ Amh rain-bows,/ /
E All the brave young / Emen. / G# they're wait-ing now t/ /o see a sig-nC#m .al /
wich some / A .kil-ler - will be l/ F# .ight-ing for p/ B .ay. / B7
Refrain
A Into this furnaceE I ask you now tAmo ven-ture,
Eyou whom IB7 . can-not be-tAray. // E
I fought in the old revolution
on the side of the ghost and the King.
Of course I was very young
and I thought that we were winning;
I can't pretend I still feel very much like singing
as they carry the bodies away.
Refrain
Into this furnace I ask you now to venture,
you whom I cannot betray.
Lately you've started to stutter
as though you had nothing to say.
To all of my architects let me be traitor.
Now let me say I myself gave the order
to sleep and to search and to destroy.
Refrain
Into this furnace I ask you now to venture,
you whom I cannot betray.
Yes, you who are broken by power,
you who are absent all day,
you who are kings for the sake of your children's story,
the hand of your beggar is burdened down with money,
the hand of your lover is clay.
Refrain
Into this furnace I ask you now to venture,
you whom I cannot betray.