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Blessed (Live from NYC version)- Paul Simon (Simon and Garfunkel)
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Tabbed by: Rohith Gopal
E-mail: ro.gopal@yahoo.com
This song is tuned to open D on all live acoustic recordings performed by S&G
Listen to the recording of them live at the Lincoln Center and piece these tabs
together, its all here just use your ear to perfect it and put everything in its place.
Tuning:
d |-----------------0-----:A |---b7-----b4---- 0-----:F#|---b9-----b6---- 3-----:D |-----------------0-----:A |-----------------0-----:D |-----------------0-----:
d |--------0-----0------x---x---x---0:A |--------0-----0------x---x---x---0:F#|--------3-----3------0---x---x---0:D |--------0-----0------0---x---x---0:A |--------0-----0------5---4---2---0:D |--------0-----0------5---4---2---0: Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit
d |--------5---------------5------------5------5:A |--------5---------------5------------7------5:F#|--------5---------------6------------6------6:D |--------5---------------5------------5------5:A |--------5---------------5------------5------5:D |--------5---------------5------------5------5: Blessed are the sat upon Spat Upon Ratted On
d |--------0-----0------x---x---5---0:A |--------0-----0------x---x---5---0:F#|--------3-----3------0---0---5---0:D |--------0-----0------0---0---5---0:A |--------0-----0------9---7---5---0:D |--------0-----0------0---0---5---0: Oh Lord, Why have you forsaken me
d |--------------------0----:A |--------7-----------9----:F#|--------6-----------8----:D |--------7-----------9----:A |--------0-----------0----:D |-------------------------: I got no place to go i've walked round soho.... (repeat each chord for 2measures of 6/8 and repeat this twice)
Riff:d |---------------------------:A |--------9-----10---9---7---:F#|--------8-----8----8---8---:D |--------0-----0----0---0---:A |---------------------------:D |---------------------------:
Lyrics:
Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit.
Blessed is the lamb whose blood flows.
Blessed are the sat upon, Spat upon, Ratted on,
O Lord, Why have you forsaken me?
I got no place to go,
I've walked around Soho for the last night or so.
Ah, but it doesn't matter, no.
Blessed is the land and the kingdom.
Blessed is the man whose soul belongs to.
Blessed are the meth drinkers, Pot sellers, Illusion dwellers.
O Lord, Why have you forsaken me?
My words trickle down, like a wound
That I have no intention to heal.
Blessed are the stained glass, window pane glass.
Blessed is the church service makes me nervous
Blessed are the penny rookers, Cheap hookers, Groovy lookers.
O Lord, Why have you forsaken me?
I have tended my own garden
Much too long.
Well this is all I can give you, noticed this is the first tab out here for this
great s&g song, and it's fairly simple once you learn the positions and the structure