Wartime Prayers chords by
Paul Simon
Paul Simon

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Key: B minor
Intro 1
Am
Am

Bb
Bb

Am
Am

Bdim
Bdim

Am
Am

Verse 1
Am
Am

Prayers offered in times
Bb
Bb

Am
Am

of peace are silent conversations,
G
G

F
F

Bb
Bb

Appeals for love or love's release
F
F

Am
Am

C
C

Am
Am

E
E

In private invocations
Am
Am

C
C

Am
Am

But all that is changed now,
Bb
Bb

E
E

Gone like a memory from the day
Am
Am

A
A

Am
Am

before the fires.
Dm
Dm

Am
Am

People hungry for the voice of God
Bb
Bb

C
C

Hear lunatics and liars
Am
Am

Dm
Dm

F
F

G
G

F
F

Wartime prayers, wartime prayers
Bb
Bb

F
F

C
C

In every language spoken,
Bb
Bb

F
F

For every family scattered and
C
C

E
E

broken.
A
A

D
D

A
A

Verse 2
D
D

A
A

Because you cannot walk with the holy,
D
D

If you're just a halfway decent man.
A
A

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

With a genius marketing plan.
A
A

I'm trying to tap into some wisdom,
D
D

Even a little drop will do.
F#m
F#m

I want to rid my heart of envy
Bm
Bm

And cleanse my soul of rage
Bdim
Bdim

Bb
Bb

Before I'm through.
Verse 3
Am
Am

Times are hard,
it's a hard time
But everybody knows all
Bb
Bb

about hard times.
Am
Am

The thing is, what are you gonna do?
Bb
Bb

Well, you cry and try to muscle through
Am
Am

Try to rearrange your stuff
G
G

But when the wounds are
deep enough,
F
F

It's all that we can bear,
Bb
Bb

F
F

We wrap ourselves in
C
C

E
E

A
A

D
D

prayer.
Verse 4
A
A

Because you cannot walk with the holy,
D
D

If you're just a halfway decent man.
A
A

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

With a genius marketing plan.
A
A

I'm trying to tap into some wisdom,
D
D

Even a little drop willdo.
F#m
F#m

I want to rid my heart of envy
Bm
Bm

And cleanse my soul of rage
Bdim
Bdim

Dm
Dm

Am
Am

Before I'm through.
C
C

Am
Am

A mother murmurs in twilight sleep
Bb
Bb

Am
Am

F
F

And draws her babies closer.
G
G

With hush-a-byes for for
F
F

Am
Am

for sleepy eyes,
Bb
Bb

F
F

C
C

And kisses on the shoulder.
Bb
Bb

F
F

C
C

To drive away despair
Bb
Bb

F
F

She says a wartime prayer

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