Bless The Child

| Em Dm | Dm | Em Dm | Em Dm | 2x | Em Dm | A Dm | Em Dm | Em Dm | Dm F Dm Where have all the feelings gone? F G Am F C Why has all the laughter ceased? Dm Am F C G Why am I loved only when I'm gone? Dm G Am Gone back in time to bless the child Dm Am F C G Think of me long enough to make a memory Dm G Am Come bless the child one more time (3 <4beat>beat) | Em | Am | G | Em | 2x Dm Bb C Dm I've never felt so alone in my life Dm Bb C F As I drank from a cup which was counting my time G Bb F C Dm There's a poison drop in this cup o-of man G Bb F C Bb A G To drink it is to follow the left hand pa-a-ath (3 <4beat>beat) | Gm Gm Fm | Gm Gm Fm | | Gm Gm Fm | Gm Gm Fm | | Dm | Dm | Dm | Gm | | Dm | Dm | Dm | Gm | (4 <4beat>beat) | Am A | Am A | Dm Am F C G Why am I loved only when I'm gone? Dm G Am Gone back in time to bless the child Dm Am F C G Think of me long enough to make a memory Dm G Am Come bless the child one more time Dm Am F C G Think of me long enough to make a memory Dm G Am Come bless the child one more time Em - Where have all the feelings gone? Em - Why is it the deadliest sin Em - To love as I loved you? Em - Now unblessed, homesick in time Em - Soon to be freed from care, from human pain Dm - My tale is the most bitter truth: Dm - Time pays us but with earth and dust Dm G - And a dark silent grave Dm - Remember my child Dm Em - Without innocence the cross is only iron Em - Hope is only an illusion and ocean soul's Em - Nothing but a name Em G - The child bless thee and keep thee forever