Blessed Is The Memory Cifras

Artist: Leonard Cohen
Song: "Blessed is the Memory"
From the album: The Songs of Leonard Cohen
 
[Intro]
 
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[Verse 1]
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I remember the promise
          Bm
That you made in the barn
           D
When the kittens were born
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And you could not keep warm
 
        D
So you moved away the mountain
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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]
 
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[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
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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]
 
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[Verse 3]
            D
Well, it's five in the morning
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There's no one home
   D
Except for your wife
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And your child on the phone
 
     D
Somebody's got to listen
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To a promise or two
          D
Oh, this room is far too small
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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]
 
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[Verse 4]
     D
So, now that you've decided
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To follow the sun
         D
Like a shadow of birds
      Bm
Or a king on the run
 
           D
Oh, your chains are too dark
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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
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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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