The Partisan" is an anti-fascist anthem about the French Resistance in World War II
[Intro]
MIm MIm  MIm  MIm
[Versetto]
          SOL    (RE)       MIm 
When they poured across the border 
      SOL      (RE)   MIm 
I was cautioned to surrender 
       SOL       RE 
this I could not do 
DO                  SOL      SI7 
  I took my gun and vanished 
MIm MIm  MIm  MIm
[Versetto]
       SOL       (RE)     MIm 
I have changed my name so often 
     SOL    (RE)      MIm 
I've lost my wife and children 
      SOL       RE 
but I have many friends 
DO                     SOL     SI7 
  and some of them are with me 
MIm MIm  MIm  MIm
[Versetto]
       SOL  (RE)     MIm 
An old woman gave us shelter 
        SOL  (RE)     MIm 
kept us hidden in the garret 
         SOL      RE 
then the soldiers came 
DO                   SOL     SI7 
  she died without a whisper 
MIm MIm  MIm  MIm
[Versetto]
           SOL     (RE)     MIm 
There were three of us this morning 
        SOL (RE)      MIm 
I'm the only one this evening 
      SOL     RE 
but I must go on 
DO                     SOL    SI7 
  the frontiers are my prison 
MIm MIm  MIm  MIm
[Versetto]
        SOL      (RE)     MIm 
Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing 
            SOL       (RE)    
through the graves the wind is
 MIm 
 blowing 
through the graves the wind is blowing 
SOL               RE 
freedom soon will come 
DO                         SOL    
  then we'll come from the shadows
 SI7 
 
  then we'll come from the shadows 
MIm MIm  MIm  MIm
[Versetto]
        SOL   (RE)         MIm 
Les Allemands étaient chez moi [The
 Germans were at my home] 
Les Allemands étaient chez moi [The Germans were at my home] 
       SOL      (RE)   MIm 
ils me dirent, resigne-toi [they told
 me to surrender] 
ils me dirent, resigne-toi [they told me to surrender] 
        SOL      RE 
mais je n'ai pas pu [but I could not
 do] 
mais je n'ai pas pu [but I could not do] 
DO                SOL  SI7 
  j'ai repris mon arme [I have
 retaken my weapon] 
  j'ai repris mon arme [I have retaken my weapon] 
MIm MIm  MIm  MIm
[Versetto]
         SOL    (RE)     MIm 
J'ai changé cent fois de nom [I have
 changed names a hundred times] 
J'ai changé cent fois de nom [I have changed names a hundred times] 
        SOL     (RE)  MIm 
j'ai perdu femme et enfants [I have
 lost wife and children] 
j'ai perdu femme et enfants [I have lost wife and children] 
          SOL     RE 
mais j'ai tant d'amis [but I have so
 many friends] 
mais j'ai tant d'amis [but I have so many friends] 
DO                 SOL   SI7 
  j'ai la France entière [I have
 entire France] 
  j'ai la France entière [I have entire France] 
MIm MIm  MIm  MIm
[Versetto]
         SOL       (RE)   MIm 
Un vieil homme dans un grenier [An
 old man in an attic] 
Un vieil homme dans un grenier [An old man in an attic] 
        SOL      (RE) MIm 
pour la nuit nous a cachés [kept us
 hidden for the night] 
pour la nuit nous a cachés [kept us hidden for the night] 
        SOL         RE 
les Allemands l'ont pris [the Germans
 took him] 
les Allemands l'ont pris [the Germans took him] 
DO                    SOL   SI7 
  il est mort sans surprise [he died
 without surprise] 
  il est mort sans surprise [he died without surprise] 
MIm MIm  MIm  MIm
[Versetto]
        SOL      (RE)     MIm 
Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing 
            SOL       (RE)    
through the graves the wind is
 MIm 
 blowing 
through the graves the wind is blowing 
SOL               RE 
freedom soon will come 
DO                         SOL    
  then we'll come from the shadows
 SI7 
 
  then we'll come from the shadows 
MIm MIm  MIm  MIm