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Wartime Prayers chords by
Paul Simon
Paul Simon

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Intro 1
Am
Bb
Am
Bdim
Am


Verse 1
Am

Prayers offered in times
Bb
Am

of peace are silent conversations,
G
F
Bb

Appeals for love or love's release
F
Am
C
Am
E

In private invocations
Am
C
Am

But all that is changed now,
Bb
E

Gone like a memory from the day
Am
A
Am

before the fires.
Dm
Am

People hungry for the voice of God
Bb
C

Hear lunatics and liars
Am
Dm
F
G

F

Wartime prayers, wartime prayers
Bb
F
C

In every language spoken,
Bb
F

For every family scattered and
C
E

broken.
A
D
A
Verse 2
D

A

Because you cannot walk with the holy,
D

If you're just a halfway decent man.
A

I don't pretend that I'm a mastermind
D

With a genius marketing plan.
A

I'm trying to tap into some wisdom,
D

Even a little drop will do.
F#m

I want to rid my heart of envy
Bm

And cleanse my soul of rage
Bdim
Bb

Before I'm through.
Verse 3
Am

Times are hard,

it's a hard time

But everybody knows all
Bb

about hard times.
Am

The thing is, what are you gonna do?
Bb

Well, you cry and try to muscle through
Am

Try to rearrange your stuff
G

But when the wounds are

deep enough,
F

It's all that we can bear,
Bb
F

We wrap ourselves in
C
E
A
D

pray er.
Verse 4
A

Because you cannot walk with the holy,
D

If you're just a halfway decent man.
A

I don't pretend that I'm a mastermind
D

With a genius marketing plan.
A

I'm trying to tap into some wisdom,
D

Even a little drop willdo.
F#m

I want to rid my heart of envy
Bm

And cleanse my soul of rage
Bdim
Dm
Am

Before I'm through.
C
Am

A mother murmurs in twilight sleep
Bb
Am
F

And draws her babies closer.
G

With hush-a-byes for for
F
Am

for sleepy eyes,
Bb
F
C

And kisses on the shoulder.
Bb
F
C

To drive away despair
Bb
F

She says a wartime prayer

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Chords
  • Am

  • Bb

  • Bdim

  • G

  • F

  • C

  • E

  • A

  • Dm

  • D

  • F#m

    2
  • Bm

    2

Capo: 2

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