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Blessed Is The Memory by Leonard Cohen
Blessed Is The Memory
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
Bm Bm/F# Bm Bm/F# Bm Bm/F#
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------3--------3--------3--|--------3--------3--------3--|--------3-----------3--------3--|
G|-----4--------4--------4-----|-----4--------4--------4-----|-----4-----4-----4--------4-----|
D|-----------4-----------------|-----------4-----------------|--------------4-----------------|
A|--2--------------------------|--2--------------------------|--2-----------------------------|
E|--------------------2--------|--------------------2--------|-----------------------2--------|
[Verse 1]
D
I remember the promise
Bm
That you made in the barn
D
When the kittens were born
Bm
And you could not keep warm
D
So you moved away the mountain
Bm
That the sun rose behind
D
And you said yourself a prayer
Bm
And laid down with the blind
[Chorus]
A
But you lost them in your freedom
Bm
And you need him now, you're wild
A
Blessed is the memory
Bm
Of everybody's child
[Interlude]
|: D Bm D Bm |
[Verse 2]
D
And the vow of compassion
Bm
That you swore through your teeth
D
When the war began to end
Bm
And the photographs weep
D
Well, nobody blames you
Bm
As the train pulls away
D
With its cargo of snow
Bm
For these German paper-weights
[Chorus]
A
But you lost them in your freedom
Bm
And you need him now, you're wild
A
Blessed is the memory
Bm
Of everybody's child
[Interlude]
|: D Bm D Bm |
[Verse 3]
D
Well, it's five in the morning
Bm
There's no one home
D
Except for your wife
Bm
And your child on the phone
D
Somebody's got to listen
Bm
To a promise or two
D
Oh, this room is far too small
Bm
For a pilgrim like you
[Chorus]
A
But you lost them in your freedom
Bm
And you need him now, you're wild
A
Blessed is the memory
Bm
Of everybody's child
[Interlude]
|: D Bm D Bm |
[Verse 4]
D
So, now that you've decided
Bm
To follow the sun
D
Like a shadow of birds
Bm
Or a king on the run
D
Oh, your chains are too dark
Bm
For the seas you must swim
D
You are smiling at the seaweed
Bm
But your smile is too grim
[Chorus]
A
But you lost them in your freedom
D Dsus4 D
And you need him now, you're wild
A
Blessed is the memory
D
Of everybody's child
A
Blessed is the memory
D Dsus4 D
Of everybody's child
A
Blessed is the memory
D
Of everybody's child
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