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Die Gedanken sind Frei  (text and music: anonymous)





Dean Engelhard writes in his complete collection of cohen songs (ftp.uwp.edu

/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

e:--------------------|--------0-----0-----|

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



                                    ---------------||--------------0-----|

                                    ---------------||--1-----1--------1--|

                                    ---------0--0--||--------------------|

    The melody:                     ---------------||--------------------|

                                    ---------------||--------------------|

                                    ---------------||--------------------|

                                            Die Ge-   dan-  ken   sind



                    G7              C



    1    2    3     1    2    3     1    2    3      1     2    3  a

e:---------------|---------------|----------------|-------------0-----|

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

e:-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|

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

e:--------0---------|----------------|----------0--------|

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

e:--------------------|----------------0--|--0----------------|

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

e:--------------||

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.Heindl@chemie.uni-regensburg.de                    

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