Hunters Lullaby

Leonard Cohen

  • Am
  • C
  • C/B
  • F
  • G
  • G7
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G C Am G [Verse 1]
C F C Your father's gone a-hunting
C F C He's deep in the forest so wild
G G7 And he cannot take his wife with him
F C He cannot take his child
C F C Your father's gone a-hunting
C F C In the quicksand and the clay
G G7 And a woman cannot follow him
F C Although she knows the way [Chorus]
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G Am Your father's gone a-hunting
F G Through the silver and the glass
C C/B Am G Where only greed can enter
F C But spirit, spirit cannot pass
G C E|-1-0---------------| B|-----3-1-0---------| G|-----------2-0-----| D|---------------3-2-| A|-------------------| E|-------------------|
[Verse 2]
C F C Your father's gone a-hunting
C F C For the beast he'll never bind
G G7 And he leaves a baby sleeping
F C And his blessings all behind
C F C Your father's gone a-hunting
C F C And he's lost his lucky charm
G G7 And he's lost the guardian heart
F C That keeps the hunter from the harm [Chorus]
G Am Your father's gone a-hunting
F G He asked me to say goodbye
C C/B Am G And he warned me not to stop him
F C I wouldn't, I wouldn't even try
G C E|-1-0---------------| B|-----3-1-0---------| G|-----------2-0-----| D|---------------3-2-| A|-------------------|
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