Passing Through by Leonard Cohen

Passing Through (written by R. Blakeslee-ar. L. Cohen)

       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.

          F                C

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 ...