Belshazzar chords by Johnny Cash
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Verse 1
(G major) (D major) (G major) Well,
the (A flat major) bible tells us (G major) about a man
(A flat major) Who ruled Babylon and all its (G major) land.
Around the city, he built a wall
And declared that Babylon
would never fall.
(G minor) He had concubines and wives,
He (G major) called his Babylon "Paradise."
On his throne (G minor) he drank and (G major) ate,
But for Belshazzar it was (D major) gettin' late. (G major)
(A flat major) For he was
Verse 2
weighed (G major) in the
balance (G minor) an d found wanting,
(G major) His kingdom was divided,
couldn't stand. (D major)
He was (G major) weighed in the balance
(G minor) an d found wanting,
(G major) His houses were built
upon the sand.
(D major)
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Verse 3
(G major)
Well, the people feasted (G minor)
and drank their wine
And praised the false (G major) gods of his time.
All holy things they scorned (G minor)
and mocked,
But sud (G major) denly all their (D major) mocking stopped.
(G major) For (G minor) on the wall,
there appeared a hand, (G major)
Nothin' else, there was no man.
(G minor) In blood the hand began to write, (G major)
And Belshazzar couldn't
(D major) hide his (G major) fright. (A flat major)
For he was (G major) weighed
Verse 4
(A flat major) in the
balance (G minor) an d found wanting,
(A flat major) His kingdom (G major) was divided,
couldn't stand. (D major)
He was (G major) weighed (D major) in the (G minor) bal
ance and found wanting,
(G major) His houses were (D major) built
upon the sand. (G major)
(D major) (G major)
Verse 5
Well, (A flat major) no one around could (G major) un derstand
What was written by the
mystic hand.
(G minor) Belshazzar tried, but couldn't find
A man who could give him (G major) peace of mind.
But Daniel, the prophet, a (G minor) man of God,
(G major) He saw the writing on the
wall in blood.
Belshaz (G minor) zar asked him what it said,
And (G major) Daniel turned to the (D major) wall and (G major) read:
"My (A flat major) friend, you're (G major) weighed (A flat major) in the
Verse 6
balance (G minor) an d found wanting,
(G major) (A flat major) Your (G major) kingdom (A flat major) is divided,
(G major) it can't (D major) stand.
You're (A flat major) weighed in the (G minor) balance
and found wanting, (G major)
Your house (D major) s are built upon the sand." (G major)
(D major) (G major)
Belshazzar
Johnny Cash
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