Belshazzar chords by
Johnny Cash
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Key: Bb major

Verse 1
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Well,
Ab Ab 
 
G G 
 
the bible tells us about a man
Ab Ab 
 
G G 
 
Who ruled Babylon and all its land.
Around the city, he built a wall
And declared that Babylon
would never fall.
Gm Gm 
 
He had concubines and wives,
G G 
 
He called his Babylon "Paradise."
Gm Gm 
 
G G 
 
On his throne he drank and ate,
D D 
 
G G 
 
But for Belshazzar it was gettin' late.
Ab Ab 
 
For he was

Verse 2
G G 
 
weighed in the
Gm Gm 
 
balance an  d found wanting,
G G 
 
His kingdom was divided,
D D 
 
couldn't stand.
G G 
 
He was weighed in the balance
Gm Gm 
 
an  d found wanting,
G G 
 
His houses were built
upon the sand.
D D 
 

Verse 3
G G 
 
Gm Gm 
 
Well, the people feasted
and drank their wine
G G 
 
And praised the false gods of his time.
Gm Gm 
 
All holy things they scorned
and mocked,
G G 
 
D D 
 
But suddenly all their mocking stopped.
G G 
 
Gm Gm 
 
For on  the wall,
G G 
 
there appeared a hand,
Nothin' else, there was no man.
Gm Gm 
 
G G 
 
In blood the hand began to write,
And Belshazzar couldn't
D D 
 
G G 
 
Ab Ab 
 
hide his fright.
G G 
 
For he was weighed

Verse 4
Ab Ab 
 
in  the
Gm Gm 
 
balance an  d found wanting,
Ab Ab 
 
G G 
 
His kingdom was divided,
D D 
 
couldn't stand.
G G 
 
D D 
 
Gm Gm 
 
He was weighed in the bal
ance and found wanting,
G G 
 
D D 
 
His houses were built
G G 
 
upon the sand.
D D 
 
G G 
 

Verse 5
Ab Ab 
 
G G 
 
Well, no one around could un derstand
What was written by the
mystic hand.
Gm Gm 
 
Belshazzar tried, but couldn't find
G G 
 
A man who could give him peace of mind.
Gm Gm 
 
But Daniel, the prophet, a man of God,
G G 
 
He saw the writing on the
wall in blood.
Gm Gm 
 
Belshazzar asked him what it said,
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
And Daniel turned to the wall and read:
Ab Ab 
 
G G 
 
Ab Ab 
 
"My friend, you're weighed in  the

Verse 6
Gm Gm 
 
balance an  d found wanting,
G G 
 
Ab Ab 
 
G G 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Your kingdom is  divided,
G G 
 
D D 
 
it can't stand.
Ab Ab 
 
Gm Gm 
 
You're weighed in the balance
G G 
 
and found wanting,
D D 
 
G G 
 
Your houses  are built upon the sand."
D D 
 
G G 
 

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ChordsG D Ab Gm

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