Wartime Prayers chords by 
Paul Simon 
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Key: B minor•
Intro 1
Bm
C
Bm
C#dim
Bm
Verse 1
Bm
Prayers offered in times
C
Bm
of peace are silent con versations,
A
G
C
Appeals for love or love's release
G
Bm
D
Bm
F#
In private invocations
Bm
D
Bm
But all that is changed now,
C
F#
Gone like a memory from the day
Bm
B
Bm
be fore the fires.
Em
Bm
People hungry for the voice of God
C
D
Hear lunatics an d liars
Bm
Em
G
A
G
Wartime prayers, wartime prayers
C
G
D
In every language spoken,
C
G
For every family scattered and
D
F#
broken.
B
E
B
Verse 2
E
B
Because you cannot walk with the holy,
E
If you're just a halfway decent man.
B
I don't pre tend that I'm a mastermind
E
With a genius marketing plan.
B
I'm trying to tap into some wisdom,
E
Even a little drop will do.
G#m
I want to rid my heart of envy
C#m
And cleanse my soul of rage
C#dim
C
Before I'm through.
Verse 3
Bm
Times are hard,
it's a hard time
But everybody knows all
C
about hard times.
Bm
The thing is, what are you gonna do?
C
Well, you cry and try to muscle through
Bm
Try to rearrange your stuff
A
But when the wounds are
deep enough,
G
It's all that we can bear,
C
G
We wrap ourselves in
D
F#
B
E
pray er .
Verse 4
B
Because you cannot walk with the holy,
E
If you're just a halfway decent man.
B
I don't pre tend that I'm a mastermind
E
With a genius marketing plan.
B
I'm trying to tap into some wisdom,
E
Even a little drop willdo.
G#m
I want to rid my heart of envy
C#m
And cleanse my soul of rage
C#dim
Em
Bm
Before I'm through.
D
Bm
A mother murmurs in twi light sleep
C
Bm
G
And draws her babies closer.
A
With hush-a-byes for for
G
Bm
for sleepy eyes,
C
G
D
And kisses on the shoulder .
C
G
D
To drive away des pair
C
G
She says a wartime prayer
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBm C C#dim A G...
Bm
C
C#dim
A
G
D
F#
B
Em
E
G#m
C#m
Capo: 2
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