Bob Dylan – Lord Protect My Child (Guitar)

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[Intro] G [Verse 1]
G
For his age, he’s wise

C                     G
He’s got his mother’s eyes

G                       Em
There’s gladness in his heart

                    D
He’s young and he’s wild

G
My only prayer

C                Cm
is if I can’t be there

G     D          G
Lord, protect my child
[Verse 2]
G
As his youth now unfolds

C                G   G
He is centuries old

Em                        D
see him at play makes me smile

G
No matter what happens to me

C                  Cm
No matter what my destiny

G     D          G
Lord, protect my child
[Verse 3]
G
The whole world is asleep

C                      G     G
You can look at it and weep

G               Em             D
Few things you find are worthwhile

G
And though I don’t ask for much

C                     Cm
No material things to touch

G     D          G
Lord, protect my child
[Verse 4]
G
He’s young and on fire

C                G
Full of hope and desire

G                     Em
In a world that’s been raped,

          D
raped and defiled

G
If I fall along the way

C                     Cm
And can’t see another day

G     D          G
Lord, protect my child
[Instrumental] G C G Em D G C Cm G D G [Verse 5]
G
There’ll be a time I hear tell

C                G
When all will be well

G             Em          D
When God and man will be reconciled

G
But until men lose their chains

C                 Cm
And righteousness reigns

G     D          G
Lord, protect my child
[Instrumental] fade out G C G Em D G C Cm G D G