Chords of Blessed is the memory

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peter danielsen
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Chords of Blessed is the memory

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Has anyone been able to locate the chords to blessed is the memory, as I think this is a great song.
I also think it would attract a lot women to the sound of my guitar.


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I'm trying to learn how to transcribe music, and I'm very bad at it.
(It's hard! : )

But this is what I get, so far, for the basic structure of the re-issued
bonus track version of Everybody's Child:

There are 3 sets of 16 measures.
And only 2 chords, - Im and IV
eg:

Bm Bm
Bm Bm Bm Bm
Bm Bm Bm Bm
E E E E
Bm Bm

Mostly what sounds like chord changes are just different inversions of Bm.

But judge for yourself.
This is what I have so far.

It's extremely schematic - basicly just the base line.
( And and I am perfectly well aware that it doesn't sound anything
remotely like the song! : )
But the only point of it is to help find the chords.

~~

These are small files,

midi
http://relay.twoshakesofalambstail.com/ec/ec.mid

mp3 of the midi
http://relay.twoshakesofalambstail.com/ec/ec.mp3

score pages
http://relay.twoshakesofalambstail.com/ec/ec1.jpg
http://relay.twoshakesofalambstail.com/ec/ec2.jpg


er, ...if you want to use this to play the song,
you should probably forget about attracting women
until you've worked it out a lot better ... : )

otherwise it's more likely to repel than attract
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here it is with synthetic voices
(ScanSoft's "Daniel" and "Karen")
http://relay.twoshakesofalambstail.com/ ... thetic.mp3
(600k)

it has a certain charm, i think.
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Haha :razz: . Actually, it's very charming, especially the do-do do-do do-do do-do do-do do-do do's. Seriously, that's amazing to me. All of it. I like it.


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yes its wonderful, however as I have always
maintained, if Leonard ever uses synthetic voices the critics will say that they can't really sing. some people just don't get it

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Bm Bm Bm Bm

D
I remember the promise
Bm
That you made in the barn
D
When the kittens were born
Bm
And you could not keep warm
D
So you moved away the mountain
Bm
That the sun rose behind
D
And you said yourself a prayer
Bm
And laid down with the blind
A
But you lost them in your freedom
D
And you need him now, you're wild
A
Blessed is the memory
D
Of everybody's child

And son and so forth.
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Re: Chords of Blessed is the memory

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Hi,
A version is available on the Leonard Cohen Chords website, under the album "Songs Of Leonard Cohen", track 12.
http://www.maartenmassa.be/CohenChords/index.htm

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