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Status Quo – Blessed Are The Meek Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
G C D Em
C G D
G C D Em
C G D G

[Verse]
C            Bm
You know the story about
  D           G
a woman and a man
C    Bm            D
In a garden living free
C        Bm
The only danger was
  D             G
a stranger by a tree
C       Bm            D
Selling apples by the score

[Chorus]
G               C
Blessed are the meek
D               Em
Blessed are the true lovers
C             G
It's anybodys guess
               D
Really more or less
                 G
where it's gonna go
              C    D
Better make a break before
          Em
we get in big trouble
C                 G
I'll look out for you,
                 D
you look out for me
                   G   D
The way it's gotta be

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[Verse 2]
C       Bm
Another story about
  D         G
a woman and man
C        Bm                D
The only difference is the time
C        Bm
He had a lover, she knew
    D                 G
his long hair was his strength
C     Bm              D
So he lost it all for love

[Chorus 2]
G               C
Blessed are the meek
D               Em
Blessed are the true lovers
C             G
It's anybodys guess
               D
Really more or less
                 G
where it's gonna go
              C    D
Better make a break before
          Em
we get in big trouble
C                 G
I'll look out for you,
                 D
you look out for me
                   G
The way it's gotta be

[Bridge]
D                  Em
Gotta do something seriously
C  G  D
Oh oh oh
D               Em
Can't ignore it any longer
C  G  D
Oh no no
C  G  D
Oh no no

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[Bridge]
C D G C D G
C D Em C
G D G D

[Verse 3]
C       Bm
Another story about
  D           G
a woman and a man
C       Bm                D
Who can say it's right or wrong?
C          Bm              D
He was the new king in the making,
       G
but he said
C     Bm             D
Gonna give it up for love

[Chorus 3]
G               C
Blessed are the meek
D               Em
Blessed are the true lovers
C             G
It's anybodys guess
               D
Really more or less
                 G
where it's gonna go
              C    D
Better make a break before
          Em
we get in big trouble
C                 G
I'll look out for you,
                 D
you look out for me
                   G
The way it's gotta be
G               C
Blessed are the meek
D               Em
Blessed are the true lovers
C             G
It's anybodys guess
               D
Really more or less
                 G
where it's gonna go
C D Em
C G D G
C D Em
C G D G

How to play Blessed Are The Meek: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Blessed Are The Meek by Status Quo on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Blessed Are The Meek by Status Quo is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 5 chords: G, C, D, Em and Bm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D – Em – C – G (V – vi – IV – I in G major), a rotation of the “four-chord” pop progression (I–V–vi–IV). In solfa, that is soh – lah – fah – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar almost every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.