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