Chords for Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Prayin

_ Now I'm not saying I'm the praying type _ _ but every now and then I get [Ebm] on my knees and I take my time _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] Then I pray [Eb] for the old
Tired [Ab] and the weak _ _ [Fm] _ _
I pray for the helpless the lame and me
[Gb] _ _ And [Ab] you better [Fm] believe without [Ab] a [Gb] doubt I _ [F] don't leave nobody out
[Gb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Bbm] Folks [Ab] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Bbm] that need a helping hand, [Ab] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] pray [Ab] and _
[Bb] hope [Gb] that I'll find [Bbm] someone [Ab] else _
[Bbm] I'm [Gb] praying for my [Ab] mother _ _ _
[Bbm] Praying [Gb] for my [Bbm] father
_ [Ab] _ _
[Bbm] Praying for my [Ab] sister
Let me tell you
[Bbm] Praying for my brother
_ [Ab] _ _
[Bbm] Praying for the weak
_ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bbm] Praying [Eb] for me
_ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bbm] Praying [F] for the _ _ [Ab] old _
[Bbm] The [Gb] helpless and the poor
_ [Fm] _ _
[Bb] Praying [Gb] for the hungry
[Bbm] _ _ [Ab] Why [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] can't they eat?
_ [Ab] _ _
[Bbm] Praying for the tired
_ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bbm] Why [Eb] can't they sleep?
_ [Fm] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
Before I go [Eb] to sleep
_ You're gonna find me
[Gb] Praying for my [Ab] mother
_ Come [Bbm] back
Praying for [Gb] my father
[Ab] _ [Bbm] Alright
Praying for my [Eb] sister
_ [Ab] Oh [Bbm] sister
[Gb] Praying for my brother
[Ab] Oh _
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _ Each and every one of y [Db]'all
I know y'all need a prayer
_ And [Gbm] _ _ as I look around
_ [Ab] I don't see a person _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ Praying for [Gb] my daddy
No [Bbm] daddy, no daddy, no daddy, no
Praying [Eb] for my sister
_ _ [Fm] _
_ [Bbm] Praying for your brother
_ [Ab] I gotta say [Bbm] a prayer
For the rich man, poor [Ab] man, beggar man See
[Eb] Dr. Laudio
And [Bbm] many and she
One [Db] for the lame
Why [Bbm] can't they walk?
Another for the [Eb] mute
Why [Bb] can't they talk?
[Bbm] Somebody tell me Somebody please
[Eb] While I'm down here
On [Ab] my [Bbm] doggone knees
[Eb] I wanna say a prayer
_ _ [Ab] Say [Bbm] a [F] prayer for my [Eb] mama
_ [Ab] _ _
[Bbm] One for [Eb] my little sister
[Ab] My little sister _
[Bbm] One for my brother
And _ [Ab] _ _
[Bbm] _ [Eb] as I look around _ _
[Bb] I don't see [Ab] nobody there Nobody there [Db] Nobody there
_ Nobody [Ab] there _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [N] _