Too Late for Prayin' Chords by Gordon Lightfoot

[Start]

[Verse]
D Gbm             G        
■ ■   It was only yesterday
       D         A       D  
When I heard the teacher say
Gbm                        G    
Patiently one and two make three
        E        A       Gbm
We were children you and me 
       Bm           G             
Let us pray for the ones they call
    D        A  D     A
The children of today ■
D                  Gbm      G
■ Nothin' left but promises ■
                D      
Nothin' much is certain
              Bm   Bm7 D    E          E7        G             
All we see is want and need across the board why thank you Lord
D                   G             Asus4 A
We're livin' in the glory of your care  ■


[Chorus]
Gb7 Gbm           Bm              E    
■   Skies of blue have all turned brown
       E7       A      
To the sound of sighing
G    D            Gb7      Bm   A
Lord abide let us stem the tide ■


[Verse]
D E7              
■ Of broken dreams
              G       D      
Sometimes you seem to tell us
         G    D A     D       A
It's too late ■ ■ for prayin' ■
D               Gbm7     G   
■ See the ocean wild and blue
             D            
Think of all that's in her
         A   Bm7              E               G            
She will not surrender to the likes of us but then she must
D                 G                    Asus4 A
They tell us wise men tell us it's too late  ■
Gbm                Bm             E7   
■   For each child with eyes that smile
                     A     
There'll be ten more cryin'


[Chorus]
G    D            Gb7      Bm  
Lord abide let us stem the time
E              
Of helplessness
                       D     
But then I guess we're livin'
      G   Asus4    D     
Is it too late for tryin'


[Solo]
Bm7 Bm Bm7 G A7 Asus4 A D
■   ■  ■   ■ ■  ■     ■ ■
Gbm7 G Asus4 A D
■    ■ ■     ■ ■


[Verse]
                 Gbm       G   
Nothin' here but grains of sand
                   D     
Nothin' much worth savin'
                    Bm              E      E7       G             
Guess we've all got problems of our own to bear and still we share


[Chorus]
D                  G           Asus4 A
Tomorrow could get better than today ■
Gb7 Gbm                Bm       E   
■   To the ones who've loved in vain
         E7 A       
Will you be beholden
G    D            Gb7      Bm  
Lord abide let us stem the tide
E7        E     
Of broken dreams
                      D      
Sometimes you seem to tell us
         G    Asus4 A7     D        
It's too late ■     ■  for ■ prayin'


[Outro]
Gbm G Asus4 D Gbm G E Em7
■   ■ ■     ■ ■   ■ ■ ■  
A Gbm Bm G A D
■ ■   ■  ■ ■ ■