Blessed Is The Memory chords by Leonard Cohen

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Artist: Leonard Cohen
Song: "Blessed is the Memory"
From the album: The Songs of Leonard Cohen

Intro:

  B minorBm        Bm/F#    B minorBm        Bm/F#    B minorBm          Bm/F#
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------3--------3--------3--|--------3--------3--------3--|--------3-----------3--------3--|
G+G|-----4--------4--------4-----|-----4--------4--------4-----|-----4-----4-----4--------4-----|
D MajorD|-----------4-----------------|-----------4-----------------|--------------4-----------------|
A augmentedA|--2--------------------------|--2--------------------------|--2-----------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------2--------|--------------------2--------|-----------------------2--------|

Verse 1:
   D MajorD
I remember the promise
     B minorBm
That you made in the barn
      D MajorD
When the kittens were born
     B minorBm
And you could not keep warm

    D MajorD
So you moved away the mountain
     B minorBm
That the sun rose behind
     D MajorD
And you said yourself a prayer
     B minorBm
And laid down with the blind

Chorus:
     A augmentedA
But you lost them in your freedom
     B minorBm
And you need him now, you're wild
 A augmentedA
Blessed is the memory
   B minorBm
Of everybody's child

Interlude:

|: D MajorD B minorBm D MajorD B minorBm |

Verse 2:
     D MajorD
And the vow of compassion
     B minorBm
That you swore through your teeth
     D MajorD
When the war began to end
      B minorBm
And the photographs weep

    D MajorD
Well, nobody blames you
    B minorBm
As the train pulls away
      D MajorD
With its cargo of snow
      B minorBm
For these German paper-weights

Chorus:
     A augmentedA
But you lost them in your freedom
     B minorBm
And you need him now, you're wild
 A augmentedA
Blessed is the memory
   B minorBm
Of everybody's child

Interlude:

|: D MajorD B minorBm D MajorD B minorBm |

Verse 3:
      D MajorD
Well, it's five in the morning
    B minorBm
There's no one home
  D MajorD
Except for your wife
     B minorBm
And your child on the phone

   D MajorD
Somebody's got to listen
    B minorBm
To a promise or two
     D MajorD
Oh, this room is far too small
    B minorBm
For a pilgrim like you

Chorus:
     A augmentedA
But you lost them in your freedom
     B minorBm
And you need him now, you're wild
 A augmentedA
Blessed is the memory
   B minorBm
Of everybody's child

Interlude:

|: D MajorD B minorBm D MajorD B minorBm |

Verse 4:
   D MajorD
So, now that you've decided
  B minorBm
To follow the sun
     D MajorD
Like a shadow of birds
   B minorBm
Or a king on the run

      D MajorD
Oh, your chains are too dark
     B minorBm
For the seas you must swim
     D MajorD
You are smiling at the seaweed
     B minorBm
But your smile is too grim

Chorus:
     A augmentedA
But you lost them in your freedom
     D MajorD          Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
And you need him now, you're wild
 A augmentedA
Blessed is the memory
   D MajorD
Of everybody's child

 A augmentedA
Blessed is the memory
   D MajorD     Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
Of everybody's child
 A augmentedA
Blessed is the memory
   D MajorD
Of everybody's child