Last Lonely And Wretched chords by Joan Baez

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Standard tuning

B7 played X02420

Verse 1:
B7
You're tired and you're poor,
    C          B7
You long to be free,
            B7
But in this Godforsaken land
            C          B7
You find no home, no family

Chorus:
       C                      G
On the many roads that you've wandered
          B7          Em
Since the day of your birth.
       Em                B7
You've become one of the last,
           Em       Em
Lonely and wretched.

Verse 2:
     B7
Your hair is matted,
     C                  B7
Your face and hands are dirty,
        Bsus2
And the years that you've toiled
     C                     B7
Must number somewhere near thirty.

Chorus:
    C              G
The deepening of a sadness
      B7           Em
Broke finally into madness.
        Em               B7
You are truly one of the last,
           Em       Em
Lonely and wretched.

Verse 3:
     Bsus2
Your eyes are wild and frightening
       C                  B7
At the same time they are blessed
      B7
And I wonder if God died,
           C                B7
Turned his back or only just rested.

Chorus:

        C                 G
And you walked out on the seventh day
            B7            Em
Through the big gates and on your way
   Em                B7
To become one of the last,
           Em       Em
Lonely and wretched.

Refrain:
    G               C
For once you were a child.
                 G
Your cheeks were red,
              D
You were well fed.
                Em
You laughed and played
             D
Till you got teary,
            C
Ran to your mother
              B7     B7
When you were weary.

Verse 4:
    Bsus2
But somewhere you were forsaken
  C                    B7
Alone I'll not bear the blame
    Bsus2
And somehow all was taken,
     C                     B7
Your mind, your body, your name.

Chorus:
   C           G
Forgive us our unkindness,
      B7              Em
Our desertion and our blindness,
     Em           B7
With you, all the last,
           Em       Em
Lonely and wretched.

Outro:
   Em               B7
Forgive us, all the last,
           Em
Lonely and wretched.