Simon & Garfunkel – Blessed (Guitar)

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As recorded by Simon & Garfunkel (From the 1966 Album SOUNDS OF SILENCE) [Intro] D [1st Verse]
D                        G    F#m     Em     D
Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit.

D                          G    F#m D   G
Blessed is the lamb whose blood flows.

G                         D          C      G D
Blessed are the sat upon, Spat upon, Ratted on,

D        F#m      Em      G    D
O Lord, Why have you forsaken me?

Am/D
I got no place to go,

Bm                              Am/D
I've walked around Soho for the last night or so.

Bm                         D
Ah, but it doesn't matter, no.
[2nd Verse]
D                           G F#m Em D
Blessed is the land and the kingdom.

D                        G F#m E       D   G
Blessed is the man whose soul  belongs to.

G                                           C  G       D
Blessed are the meth drinkers, Pot sellers, Illusion dwellers.

D       F#m      Em      G    D
O Lord, Why have you forsaken me

Am/D                     
My words trickle down, like a wound

Bm
That I have no intention to heal.
[3rd Verse]
D                              G F#m  Em   D
Blessed are the stained glass, window pane glass.

D                             G F#m Em D       G
Blessed is the church service makes me nervous

G                                             C      G D
Blessed are the penny rookers, Cheap hookers, Groovy lookers.

D        F#m      Em      G    D
O Lord, Why have you forsaken me?

Am/D
I . . .

Bm
I have tended my own garden

Am       D
Much too long.
[Outro] D