there is war — текст песни (cohen leonard)

From: ADI@chemie.uni-regensburg.de (adi)
Subject: Re: REQ: Leonard Cohen - There is a War

Leonard Cohen: There is a War On
New Skin for the Old Ceremony and Cohen Live


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|Am Em/A Am Em7|
There is a war between the rich and poor a
|Am Em/A Am |G C/G C C/D|
war be-tween the man and the woman.
|G C/G G |Am Em/A Am Em7 |
There is a war be-tween the ones who say there is a
|Am Em/A Am G/D |G C/G G C/D|
war and the ones who say there isn`t.
G C/G G |D |C |
Why don`t you come on back to the war, that`s right, get
G C/G G C/G| G C/G G G|
in it, why don`t you
D |C |G C/G G C/G|
come on back to the war, it`s just beginning.

G C/G G G|
Well I

2nd verse

live here with a woman and a child,
the situation makes me kind of nervous.
Yes, I rise up from her arms, she says I guess you call this love;
I call it service. Why don`t you come on back to the war, don`t be a tourist,
why don`t you come on back to the war, before it hurts us,
why don`t you come on back to the war, let`s all get nervous.

3rd verse

You cannot stand what I`ve become,
you much prefer the gentleman I was before.
I was so easy to defeat, I was so easy to control,
I didn`t even know there was a war.
Why don`t you come on back to the war, don`t be embarrassed,
why don`t you come on back to the war, you can still get married.

4th verse

There is a war between the rich and poor,
a war between the man and the woman.
There is a war between the left and right,
a war between the black and white,
a war between the odd and the even.

Why don`t you come on back to the war, pick up your tiny burden,
why don`t you come on back to the war, let`s all get even,
why don`t you come on back to the war, can`t you hear me speaking?


corrections and revisions welcome to

Adi.Heindl@chemie.uni-regensburg.de