Leonard Cohen – Blessed Is The Memory (Guitar)

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Artist: Leonard Cohen Song: "Blessed is the Memory" From the album: The Songs of Leonard Cohen [Intro]
   Bm                Bm/F#       Bm                Bm/F#       Bm                   Bm/F#
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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

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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] |: 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