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Key: C
Tuning: E A D G B E
Intro:
C | F | C | F :
C | Em | Dm | F :
Verse 1:
C
"Am I the best or the worst or the worst of the best " she sang
F
Ice cream smile wide as a mile back then
C
"Say a nice prayer, be a good girl, finger on my lips"
F
When she returned her lipstick had learned how not to kiss
E7
I can't fix her, can only love her
E7
Can't keep her pocket full
Am
I can't keep her face in smiles
Am
Someone’s stolen what was beautiful
F
I can't sing her home to me in rhymes
F
But I will bless the Lord at all times
Chorus:
C
Bless the Lord at all times
F
I will bless the Lord at all times
C F
I will bless, I will bless the Lord at all times
Bb
I will bless the Lord
Am F
I will bless the Lord at all times
Bridge:
E7
Every night we hope and pray for a new day to rise
Am
Every morning when the sun shows up it’s still a surprise
F
Any child is every child in any mother’s eyes
Chorus:
C
I will bless the Lord, I will bless the Lord at all times
Am
I will bless the Lord at all times
Dm
I will bless the Lord
F
I will bless the Lord at all times
Verse 2:
C F
That child you hear has been crying for years in the wilderness
C F
A child without armour had no hatred to harbour, only loveliness
C
The driver of the ambulance unpacks his shirt pressed and neat
Em
To honour the hurt and the hungry he will later greet
Dm
There's not so much road left here and no road signs
F
Drones hover without any consciousness over war crimes
C
I will bless the Lord at all times?
Verse 3:
F
The tide is rising, all ships are sinking
C
New poets must despise all old ways of thinking
F
Whoever made language must've been drinking
E7
Twenty-six characters own all the ink and printing
Am F
I got so many words in my head but I can’t find the lines
N.C.
I will bless the Lord at all times
Bridge:
N.C.
Changes, these changes
N.C.
Will rain on this parade
N.C.
Changes, these changes
Am
I am not afraid
[Instrumental]
C | F | C | F :
Verse 4:
C
No one there to write it down, but when the prophet came around
F
Said “I’ve a stranger with me
C
In the fight none can compare, but food and shelter we share
F
Beloved community"
Bridge:
E7
Every night we hope and pray for a new day to rise
Am
Every morning when the sun shows up it’s still a surprise
F
Any child is every child in any mother’s eyes
Chorus:
C
I will bless the Lord, I will bless the Lord at all times
Am
I will bless the Lord at all times
Dm
I will bless the Lord
F
I will bless the Lord at all times
Outro:
N.C.
Changes, these changes
N.C.
Will rain on this parade
N.C.
Changes, these changes
N.C.
I am not afraid
N.C.
The pages that enrage us
N.C.
She tears them from the book
N.C.
"Save us, save us” sings the girl of Guadalupe
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Published: April 4, 2026
Last Updated: April 4, 2026