Anthem (video) (live version) (intro)

Am - G - G7

C

1. The birds they sang at the break of day,

G C - C7

“Start again!” I heard them say.

E Am

Don't dwell on what has passed away,

G - G7

or what is yet to be.

C

2. Yeah, the wars, they will be fought again,

G C - C7

the holy dove she will be caught again,

E Am

bought and sold and bought again,

G - G7

the dove is never free.

F Bb F

Ring the bells that still can ring,

F Bb F

forget your perfect offering.

C Bb F

There is a crack, a crack, in everything,

G - G7 - G - G7

that's how the light gets in.

C

3. We asked for signs, the signs were sent,

G C - C7

the birth betrayed, the marriage spent.

E Am

Yeah, the widowhood of every government,

G - G7

signs for all to see.

C

4. I can't run no more with that lawless crowd,

G C - C7

while the killers in high places say their prayers out loud.

E Am

But they've summoned, they’ve summoned up a thundercloud,

G - G7

and they’ll hear from me.

F Bb F

Ring the bells that still can ring,

F Bb F

forget your perfect offering.

C Bb F

There is a crack, a crack, in everything,

G - G7 - G - G7

that's how the light gets in.

C

5. You can add up the parts, but you won't have the sum,

G C - C7

you can strike up the march, there is no drum.

E Am

Every heart, every heart, to love will come,

G - G7

but like a refugee.

+ CHORUS + repeat CHORUS

G7 G - G7

+ That's how the light gets in, that's how the light gets in.

+ instrumentral = verse 5 (2x) ....

(orig. = capo 1st) (Leonard Cohen)