Leonard Cohen — Tom C
Confira a cifra completa de Thoughts Are Free no UkeMaster Pro.
Die Gedanken sind Frei (text and music: anonymous)
Dean Engelhard writes in his complete collection of cohen songs (*
/pub/music/lyrics) that Cohen had performed this german folk song.
It was never released on CD (as much as I know).
The song was written between 1780 and 1800, at the time of the French
Revolution.
Possible accompaniment patterns:
[C] [C]
1 a 2 a 3 a 1 a 2 a 3 a
{sot}
e:--------------------|--------0-----0-----|
{eot}
[B]:--------1-----------|--------1-----1-----|
[G]:-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0--|
[D]:--------------2-----|--------------------|
[A]:--3-----------------|--3-----------------|
[E]:--------------------|--------------------|
p i m i p i p i a i a i C
m m
3 a 1 2 3 a
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The melody: ---------------||--------------------|
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Die Ge- dan- ken sind
[G7] [C]
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 a
{sot}
e:---------------|---------------|----------------|-------------0-----|
{eot}
[B]:---------------|---------------|----------------|--1-----1-------1--|
[G]:--0---------0--|------------0--|------------0---|-------------------|
[D]:---------------|--3----0-------|--2-------------|-------------------|
[A]:---------------|---------------|-------3--------|-------------------|
[E]:---------------|---------------|----------------|-------------------|
frei wer kann sie er- ra- ten? Sie flie- hen vor-
[G7] [C] [G7]
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 a
{sot}
e:-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
{eot}
[B]:-----------------|-----------------|---------------1--|--0------3-----0--|
[G]:--0-----------0--|--------------0--|------------------|------------------|
[D]:-----------------|--3-----0--------|--2---------------|------------------|
[A]:-----------------|-----------------|--------3---------|------------------|
[E]:-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
bei, wie naech- li- che Schat- ten. Kein Mensch kann sie
[C] [G7] [C]
1 2 3 a 1 2 3 a 1 2 3
{sot}
e:--------0---------|----------------|----------0--------|
{eot}
[B]:--1------------1--|--0----3-----0--|--1------------1---|
[G]:------------------|----------------|-------------------|
[D]:------------------|----------------|-------------------|
[A]:------------------|----------------|-------------------|
[E]:------------------|----------------|-------------------|
wis- sen, kein Jae- ger er- schies- sen mit
[F] [C] [G7]
1 2 a 3 a 1 2 3 a 1 a 2 3
{sot}
e:--------------------|----------------0--|--0----------------|
{eot}
[B]:----------0---1-----|------------1------|-----3---1----0----|
[G]:--2----2---------2--|--0----------------|-------------------|
[D]:--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
[A]:--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
[E]:--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Pul- ver und Blei, die Ge- dan- ken sind
[C]
1 2 Da capo
{sot}
e:--------------||
{eot}
[B]:--1----------*||
[G]:--------------||
[D]:-------------*||
[A]:--------------||
[E]:--------------||
frei.
[C] [G7] [C]
Die Gedanken sind frei! Wer kann sie er-raten?
[G7] [C]
Sie fliegen vorbei wie naechtliche Schatten.
[G7] [C] [G7] [C]
Kein Mensch kann sie wissen, kein Jaeger er-schiessen
[F] [C] [G7] [C]
mit Pulver und Blei. Die Ge-danken sind frei!
[Thoughts are free! Who can guess them?
They fly along like nightly treasures
No man can know them
No hunter can shoot them
With powder and lead
Thoughts are free!]
[C] [G7] [C]
Ich denke, was ich will und was mich be-gluecket,
[G7] [C]
doch alles in der Still und wie es sich schicket.
[G7] [C] [G7] [C]
Mein Wunsch und Be-gehren kann niemand ver-wehren,
[F] [C] [G7] [C]
es bleibet da-bei: Die Ge-danken sind frei!
[I think about what I want and what makes me happy
But everything quietly, and just how it comes.
To my wish and desire
Nobody can oppose,
It stays this way:
Thoughts are free!]
[C] [G7] [C]
Und sperrt man mich ein im finsteren Kerker,
[G7] [C]
das alles sind rein ver-gebliche Werke,
[G7] [C] [G7] [C]
denn meine Ge-danken zer-reissen die Schranken
[F] [C] [G7] [C]
und Mauern ent-zwei: Die Ge-danken sind frei!
[And if they lock me in a dark dungeon
That is something that can be forgiven
Cause my thoughts
Tear up the bars
And walls.
Thoughts are free!]
[C] [G7] [C]
Ich liebe den Wein, mein Maedchen vor allen,
[G7] [C]
sie tut mir allein am be-sten ge-fallen.
[G7] [C] [G7] [C]
Ich bin nicht al-leine bei meinem Glas Weine,
[F] [C] [G7] [C]
mein Maedchen da-bei: Die Ge-danken sind frei!
[I love wine, my girl most of all,
Only me she pleases best
I am not alone
With my glass of wine
My girl is with me:
Thoughts are free!]
[C] [G7] [C]
Drum will ich auf immer den Sorgen ent-sagen
[C] [G7] [C]
und will mich auch nimmer mit Grillen mehr plagen.
[G7] [C] [G7] [C]
Man kann ja im Herzen stets lachen und scherzen
[F] [C] [G7] [C]
und denken da-bei: Die Ge-danken sind frei!
[That's why I will never worry anymore
And I will never tease myself with whims anymore
Because in one's heart
One can keep laughing and joking
While thinking
Thoughts are free!]
Adi.H*