Blessed Is The Memory chords by Leonard Cohen

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

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#
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
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
    Bm
There's no one home
  D
Except for your wife
     Bm
And your child on the phone

   D
Somebody's got to listen
    Bm
To a promise or two
     D
Oh, this room is far too small
    Bm
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