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Wartime Prayers
Live solo version from the Tower Theatre 2006 recording
Words and Music by Paul Simon
Transcribed by Michiel Evers (michiel5evers@hotmail.com)

No capo
                                Bm
|---7----|---7-5---|---3-2----|-----2------2----|---3S2---|
|-7------|-7-----5-|-3-----2--|---0------0------|-3-----2-|
|--------|---------|----------|-----------------|---------|
|--------|---------|----------|-0------0--------|---------|
|--------|---------|----------|-----------------|---------|
|--------|---------|----------|-----------------|---------|

  C sus2                         C# ?
|--------|----------=----------|---------------0--|----------2--|-^2----------|
|-----3--|-/10---8p7---------7-|-----0-------0----|---10--8--0--|-^0----------|
|---5----|-----------7---------|---------6--------|--------9--7-----|-------------|
|-5------|-------------7---8---|---5---5---5------|-----------------|-^0----------|
|--------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------|
|--------|---------------------|-7----------------|-----------------|-------------|
						                            Prayers offered..

	    C add9	Bm7        D sus4    A
|---3S2---|-----0----|-^2--------|---5-----|------------|-12----9-----------|
|-3-----2-|-----3----|-^3--------|-3-------|-------2----|---------10--------|
|---------|---5------|-^2--------|-----0---|-----2------|------------11-----|
|---------|-5--------|-^4--------|-------4-|---2--------|---------------12--|
|---------|----------|-^2--------|---------|-0----------|-------------------|
|---------|----------|-----------|---------|------------|-------------------|
	           are silent..                      Appeals for love

                      C         G         D
|---------|---------|-----3---|-----3---|---------|---0-2--|
|-----|-8S7-5---|---5---5-|---5---5-|-----7---|--------|
|-----|-------7-|-5-------|-4-------|---7-----|-3------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|-7-----7-|--------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|
     Or loves..             in private invocations

		       Bm	              C
|---7----5----3--2--|-^2--^0--^2--|---3S2---|--------|-------------------|
|-7----5----3-------|-^0--^0--^0--|-3-----2-|-----3--|-/10--8p7--------7-|
|-------------------|-----^0------|---------|---5----|----------7--------|
|-------------------|-^0--^0--^0--|---------|-5------|------------7--8---|
|-------------------|-------------|---------|--------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------|---------|--------|-------------------|
      But all that is changed now                  Gone like a memory from

 C# ?                              Bm
|-----------0--|----------2--|-----2-----2--|
|---------0----|---10--8--0--|---0-----0----|
|-----6--------|--------9--7-----|--------------|
|---5---5------|--------------0--|-0-----0------|
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-7------------|-----------------|--------------|
the day..              People hungry for the voice of God

            C          Bm7           D sus4    A
|---3S2---|-----0----|---------2---|---5-----|----------|-12-9-------|
|-3-----2-|-----3----|-----3-------|-3-------|-----2----|------10----|
|---------|---5------|-------2-----|-----0---|-----2----|---------11-|
|---------|-5--------|---4---------|-------4-|---2------|------------|
|---------|----------|-2-----------|---------|-0--------|------------|
|---------|----------|-------------|---------|----------|------------|
	           Hear lunatics..                   Wartime..

                           C         G         D
|--------------|---------|-----3---|-----3---|---------------|
|-^--------|-8S7-5---|---5---5-|---5---5-|-----7-----7---|
|-^--------|-------7-|-5-------|-4-------|---7-----7-----|
|-^--------|---------|---------|---------|-7-----7-------|
|--------------|---------|---------|---------|---------------|
|--------------|---------|---------|---------|---------------|
       Wartime..             In every language spoken,      For

            C         G         D         Bb dim
|---------|-----3---|-----3---|---------|-^0--0--|
|-8S7-5---|---5---5-|---5---5-|-7-----7-|-^2--2--|
|-------7-|-5-------|-4-------|-7---7---|-^3--3--|
|---------|---------|---------|-7-7-----|-^2-----|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|
 Every     family  scattered and broken.

 B			           A	                   E
|--------------7-----7---7-7-----|-0-----0-----0-----0---0-0-0-0-|
|--------7-----7-7---7---7-7-----|-2-----2---2-2-2---2---2-0-0-0-|
|--------8-----8-8---8---8-8-----|-2-----2---2-2-2---2---2-1-1-1-|
|--------9---9---9---9---9-9-----|-2-----2---2---2---2---2-2-2-2-|
|--------9---9---9---9---9-9-----|-0-----0---0---0---0---0---2-2-|
|-7------7---7---7---7---7-7-7S2-|---------------------------0-0-|


  B                                 A                       E
|---------7-----7-----7---7-7-----|-0------0-----0--------0-0-0-0-|
|---------7-----7-7---7---7-7-----|-2------2---2-2-2------2-0-0-0-|
|-----8---8---8-8-8---8---8-8-----|-2------2---2-2-2------2-1-1-1-|
|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9-9-----|-2------2---2---2------2-2-2-2-|
|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9-9-----|-0------0---0---0------0---2-2-|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7-7-7S2-|---------------------------0-0-|
						                          Because you

    B          A         E     C#m        Abm        Cmaj7           C# ?
    strum      strum        3x strum      strum
||--7--------|-0---------0--||-4--------|-4--------|---------------|------------|
||o-7--------|-2---------0-o||-5--------|-4--------|-5---5-------5-|-------5----|
||--8--------|-2---------1--||-6--------|-4--------|-4-4-----4-----|-----4------|
||--9--------|-2---------2--||-6--------|-6--------|-5-----5---5---|---5-----5--|
||o-9--------|-0---------2-o||-4--------|-6--------|-3-------------|-4----------|
||--7--------|-----------0--||-4--------|-4--------|---------------|------------|
    cannot..   halfway..      rid my..  cleanse..    feel
    pretend..  genius..
    tap..      little..

   Em   				      Bm                 C add9
|--0------0-----0-----|---7----5----3----2--|-^2--^2--|---3-^2-|---^0---^0----|
|-^0----0-----0-----0-|-7----5----3----0----|-^0--^0--|-3---^2-|---^3---^3-3--|
|-^0--0-----0-----0---|---------------------|---------|-----^2-|---^5---^5----|
|-^2------------------|---------------------|-^0--^0--|--------|-5----5-------|
|-^2------------------|---------------------|---------|--------|--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------|--------|--------------|
			    Times are hard..   but..   all about hard times

 		      C# ?	                       Bm
|-------------------|-----------0--|----------2--|-2--2--2--0-h2--|
|-/10--8p7--------7-|---------0----|---10--8--0--|-0--0--0---0----|
|----------7--------|-----6--------|--------9--7-----|----------------|
|------------7--8---|---5---5------|--------------0--|-0--0--0--------|
|-------------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-------------------|-7------------|-----------------|----------------|
The thing is, what..            ..you cry?                  and try to

  Cmaj7            Bm7              D sus4
|---------0------|-------2--------|---5-----|
|-----0-----0----|---------3------|-3-------|
|-------0--------|-----2-----2----|-----0---|
|---2------------|---4------------|-------4-|
|-3--------------|-2--------------|---------|
|----------------|----------------|---------|
 muscle through?   And try to.. but when the

 A
|-----------|-12--9--------|---------------------|
|-------2---|-------10-----|-----------------|
|-----2-----|----------11--|-----------------|
|---2-------|--------------|-----------------|
|-0-------0-|--------------|---------------------|
|-----------|--------------|---------------------|
wounds are..           and it?s all that we can bear,

            C         G         D        Bb dim    B
|---------|-----3---|-----3---|--------|-0---0---|-------------------|
|-8S7-5---|---5---5-|---5---5-|-7---7--|-2---2---|-4---4---4------4--|
|-------7-|-5-------|-4-------|-7---7--|-3---3---|-4---4---4----4----|
|---------|---------|---------|-7-7-7--|-2-2-----|-4-4-4-4-4--4------|
|---------|---------|---------|--------|-------4-|-------------------|
|---------|---------|---------|--------|---------|-------------------|
  	       We..    selves..   pray   -aay       -ers.

  B  	strum		           A	                   E
|--------------7-----7---7-7-----|-0-----0-----0-----0---0-0-0-0-|
|--------7-----7-7---7---7-7-----|-2-----2---2-2-2---2---2-0-0-0-|
|--------8-----8-8---8---8-8-----|-2-----2---2-2-2---2---2-1-1-1-|
|--------9---9---9---9---9-9-----|-2-----2---2---2---2---2-2-2-2-|
|--------9---9---9---9---9-9-----|-0-----0---0---0---0---0---2-2-|
|-7------7---7---7---7---7-7-7S2-|---------------------------0-0-|

    B          A         E     C#m        Abm        Cmaj7           C# ?
    strum      strum        3x strum      strum
||--7--------|-0---------0--||-4--------|-4--------|---------------|------------|
||o-7--------|-2---------0-o||-5--------|-4--------|-5---5-------5-|-------5----|
||--8--------|-2---------1--||-6--------|-4--------|-4-4-----4-----|-----4------|
||--9--------|-2---------2--||-6--------|-6--------|-5-----5---5---|---5-----5--|
||o-9--------|-0---------2-o||-4--------|-6--------|-3-------------|-4----------|
||--7--------|-----------0--||-4--------|-4--------|---------------|------------|
    cannot..   halfway..      rid my..  cleanse..    feel
    pretend..  genius..
    tap..      little..

   Em                                     Bm
|--0------0-----0------|---7----5----3--|---2--^2--^2--|
|-^0----0-----0-----0--|-7----5----3----|-0----^0--^0--|
|-^0--0-----0-----0----|----------------|--------------|
|-^2-------------------|----------------|------^0--^0--|
|-^2-------------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------------|----------------|--------------|
			    A mother..    twilight sleep

            C add9          Bm7           D sus4
|---3S2---|-----0-----0---|-------------|---5------|
|-3-----2-|-----3-----3---|-----3-----3-|-3--------|
|---------|---5-----5-----|-----2-------|-----0----|
|---------|-5-----5-----5-|---4-----4---|-------4--|
|---------|---------------|-2-----2-----|----------|
|---------|---------------|-------------|----------|
                   And..    closer

  A				                      C
|----------|-12--9--------|---|---------|-----3---|
|-----2----|-------10-----|---|-8S7-5---|---5---5-|
|-----2----|----------11--|---|-------7-|-5-------|
|---2------|--------------|-------|---------|---------|
|-0--------|--------------|-------|---------|---------|
|----------|--------------|-------|---------|---------|
       With..                  for..               and kisses

  G         D                        C
|-----3---|--------------|---------|-----3----|
|---5---5-|-----7-----7--|-8S7-5---|---5---5--|
|-4-------|---7-----7----|-------7-|-5--------|
|---------|-7-----7------|---------|----------|
|---------|--------------|---------|----------|
|---------|--------------|---------|----------|
  on her   shoulders                     to drive

  G         D                        C          G        D
|-----3---|--------------|---------|-----3----|-----3---|----------*|
|---5---5-|-----7-----7--|-8S7-5---|---5---5--|---5---5-|-----7----*|
|-4-------|---7-----7----|-------7-|-5--------|-4-------|---7------*|
|---------|-7-----7------|---------|----------|---------|-7--------*|
|---------|--------------|---------|----------|---------|----------*|
|---------|--------------|---------|----------|---------|----------*|
 away  despair                         she..    wartime   prayer


Lyrics:

Prayers offered in times of peace are silent conversations,
Appeals for love or loves release, in private invocations.

But all that is changed now,
Gone like a memory from the day before the fires.
People hungry for the voice of God
Hear lunatics and liars

Wartime prayers, wartime prayers
In every language spoken,
For every family scattered and broken.

Because you cannot walk with the holy,
If you?re just a halfway decent man.
But I don?t pretend that I?m a mastermind
With a genious marketing plan.

I?m trying to tap into some wisdom,
Even a little drop would do.
I want to rid my heart of envy
And cleanse my soul of rage
Before I feel.

Times are hard, hard times,
But everybody knows all about hard times.
The thing is, what are you gonna do?
Will you cry?
And try to muscle through?
And try to rearrange your stuff?
But when the wounds are deep enough,
And it?s all that we can bear,
We wrap ourselves in prayer.

Because you cannot walk with the holy,
If you?re just a halfway decent man.
But I don?t pretend that I?m a mastermind
With a genious marketing plan.

I?m trying to tap into some wisdom,
Even a little drop would do.
I want to rid my heart of envy
And cleanse my soul of rage
Before I?m through.

A mother murmurs in twilight sleep
And draws her babies closer.
With hush-a-bies for sleepy eyes,
And kisses on the shoulder.
To drive away despair
She sends a wartime prayer.
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Copyrights:

Author: Paul Simon

Composer: Paul Simon

Publisher: Paul Simon, Paul Simon Music, Brian Eno Publishing Designee

Details:

Released in: 2007

Language: English

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