Belshazzar
Johnny CashVersion1
90
Chords in this song
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well the bible tells us about a man, who ruled babylon and all its land
around the a city he built a wall, and declared that babylon would never fall
he had concubines and wives, he called his babylon paradise
upon his throne he drank and ate, but for belshazzar it was getting late
for he was weighed in the balance and found wanting
His kingdom was divided, couldn't stand
he was weighed in the balance and found wanting
His houses were built upon the sand
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while the people feasted and drank their wine, and praised the false gods of his time
all holy things they scorned and mocked, when suddenly all their mocking stopped
for on the wall there appeared a hand, nothing else there was no man
in blood the hand began to write, and belshazzar couldn't hide his fright
for he was weighed in the balance and found wanting
His kingdom was divided, couldn't stand
he was weighed in the balance and found wanting
His houses were built upon the sand
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and that's all just repeat this with the next verse and yer done
and when the key changes luthers guitar goes
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last verse is:
no one around could understand what was written by the mystic hand
belshazzar tried but he couldn't find, a man who could give him peace of mind
then daniel, the prophet, a man of god, he saw the writing on the wall in blood
belshazzar asked him what'd it said, and daniel turned to the wall and read
and thats all.
-el berto
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Readable chord sheet for Belshazzar by Johnny Cash
|---------------------------------|------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------| |---------------0-----------------|------------------------------| |----------0--3----3-0------------|--0---------------------------| |---1--1-3--------------3--0-1~~--|----3-1~~------1-----1-----1--| |---------------------------------|-----------1------1-----1-----| [Bb]well the bible tells us about a man, who ruled [Bb]babylon and all its land [Bb]around the a city he built a wall, and decla[C]red that babylon would never fall [Bb]he had concubines and wives, he called[Bb] his babylon paradise [Bb]upon his throne he drank and ate, but for be[C]lshazzar it was getting late[Bb] [Bb]for he was weighed in the[C] balance and found wantin[Bb]g [Bb]His kingdom was divided, couldn'[C]t stand [Bb] he was weighed in the ba[C]lance and found wanting [Bb] [Bb]His houses were built up[Bb]on the sand |--------------------------------|------------------------------| |--------------------------------|------------------------------| |--------------0-----------------|------------------------------| |---------0--3----3-0------------|--0---------------------------| |-----1-3--------------3--0-1~~--|----3-1~~------1-----1-----1--| |--------------------------------|-----------1------1-----1-----| [Bb]while the people feasted and drank their wine, [Bb]and praised the false gods of his time [Bb]all holy things they scorned and mocked, whe[C]n suddenly all their mocking stopped [Bb]for on the wall there appeared a hand,[Bb] nothing else there was no man [Bb]in blood the hand began to write, and belsha[C]zzar couldn't hide his frigh[Bb]t [Bb]for he was weighed in the[C] balance and found wantin[Bb]g [Bb]His kingdom was divided, couldn'[C]t stand [Bb] he was weighed in the ba[C]lance and found wanting [Bb] [Bb]His houses were built up[Bb]on the sand |--------------------------------|------------------------------| |--------------------------------|------------------------------| |--------------0-----------------|------------------------------| |---------0--3----3-0------------|--0---------------------------| |-----1-3--------------3--0-1~~--|----3-1~~------1-----1-----1--| |--------------------------------|-----------1------1-----1-----| and that's all just repeat this with the next verse and yer done and when the key changes luthers guitar goes |-------------------| |-------------------| |-------------------| |-------------------| |------3-----3----3-| |---1-----1----1----| last verse is: no one around could understand what was written by the mystic hand belshazzar tried but he couldn't find, a man who could give him peace of mind then daniel, the prophet, a man of god, he saw the writing on the wall in blood belshazzar asked him what'd it said, and daniel turned to the wall and read and thats all. -el berto