Passing Through (written by R. Blakeslee - ar. L. Cohen)
I`ve found the words in the lyric archive of ftp.uwp.edu in Dean Engelhards
complete collection of Cohen songs. Here are the chords as closely I could
finger them out. Hope that they are not to wrong .
Adi.Heindl@chemie.uni-regensburg.de
C F
I saw Jesus on the cross on a hill called Calvary
C G
Do you hate mankind for what they done to you?
C F
He said, Talk of love not hate, things to do - it`s getting late.
C G C
I`ve so little time and I`m only passing through.
C
Passing through, passing through.
C7
Sometimes happy, sometimes blue,
F
glad that I ran into you.
C G C
Tell the people that you saw me passing through.
C F
I saw Adam leave the Garden with an apple in his hand,
C G
I said Now you`re out, what are you going to do?
C F
Plant some crops and pray for rain, maybe raise a little cane.
C G C
I`m an orphan now, and I`m only passing through.
Passing through, passing through ...
C F
I was with Washington at Valley Ford, shivering in the snow.
C G
I said, How come the men here suffer like they do?
C F
Men will suffer, men will fight, even die for what is right
C G C
even though they know they`re only passing through
Passing through, passing through ...
C F
I was with Franklin Roosevelt`s side on the night before he died.
C G
He said, One world must come out of World War Two (ah, the fool)
C F
Yankee, Russian, white or tan, he said, A man is still a man.
C G C
We`re all on one road, and we`re only passing through.
Passing through, passing through ...
(let`s do it one more time)
Passing through, passing through ...
The french songwriter Graeme Allwright sings also this songs. Here are the
french lyrics.
de passage
J`ai vu J‚sus sur la croix sur le mont Golgotha
J`ai dit En veux-tu aux hommes pour ce qu`ils t`ont fait
Il dit: Parle d`amour et pas de haine
Pour toute la race humaine
J`ai si peu de temps je suis seulement de passage.
De passage, de passage
Triste, heureux, voyage, dancs ce monde en rage
Dites-leur bien je suis seulement de passage.
J`ai vu Adam quitter le jardin une pomme dans sa main
J`ai dit: Et maintenant qu`est-ce tu vas faire ?
Je travaillerai la terre, et je ferai des priЉres
Je suis orphelin, je suis seulement de passage
De passage, de passage ..
J`ai suivi Washington at Valley Forge, grelottant de froid
J`ai dit: Pourquoi les hommes souffrent tant ici?
Pour une cause ils peuvent souffrir, sont m?me pr?ts … mourir
Meme s`ils savent qu`ils sont seulement de passage.
De passage, de passage ..
