Wartime Prayers Chords by Paul Simon

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ Prayers offered _ in times of peace [C] are _ _ _ silent [B] _ _ [Bm] _
conversations
_ _ _ Appeals [A]
for _ _ _ love, [G] or love's _ release _ _ [C] _
in [G] private _ _ _ [D] _
invocations
_ _ _ But [B] _
all that [Bm] is _ changed _ _ now
_ _ _ [C] _
Gone _ _ like a memory [F#] from the day [B] before the fires
_ _ [Bm] _
_ People _ hungry for _ the voice of God
[F#] _ _ [C] _
Hear lunatics and [E] liars
[Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ Wartime prayers, _ [G] _
_ _ wartime prayers
_ [C] _
In [G] every _ language [D] _
spoken
_ _ For [C] every family [G] _ scattered _ [D] and broken
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] Because you cannot walk with the holy
If you're [E] just a half-witch man
I [B] don't put you in that eye
A _ mastermind [E] with a genius mind
_ _ I'm [B] trying to tap into some wisdom
_ [E] Even a little _ drop would do
I [G#m] want to rid my heart of envy
_ [C#m] _
Cleanse my soul of rage [C#] before I'm free
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [B] Times are hard, [Bm] it's hard times
But everybody knows
It's all [C] about _ hard times
The thing [F#] is, what [Bm] kind we're gonna be
_ Well, you cry _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And try [G] to muscle [C] through
_ _ And try [Bm] to rearrange your stuff
_ But [A] when the wounds are deep enough
_ [G] And it's all that we can bear
[C] _
We [G] wrap _ ourselves [D] in _ prayer
_ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] Because you cannot walk with the holy
If [E] you're just a half-witch man
I [B] don't put you in that eye
A mastermind [E] with a genius mind
_ I'm [B] trying to tap into some wisdom
_ [E] Even a little drop would do
_ [G#m] I want to rid my heart of envy
_ [C#m] _
Cleanse my soul of rage before [C#]
I'm free
A _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Bm] _ _ mother _ murmurs in _ twilight _ [F#] sleep
[C] _
And draws her [G] babies [Bm] _
closer
_ _ With _ [A] _
_ _ hushed _ abouts, [G] _
[Em] her sleepy _ _ [C] eyes
And [G] kisses _ on [D] the shoulder
_ _ To _ [C] _
_ _ [G] drive away [D] despair
_ _ _ She _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] says a wartime [D]
prayer _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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