Chords for Mama Prays
Tempo:
83.05 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
F
C
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Where's my [Bb] love when heaven came [C] down?
[F]
[Eb] [F]
[Bb] [Cm]
[F] My memories [Eb] of my [Bb] brothers and me
Make [Eb] me marvel [C] at the day the years went by
[F]
Here we are, [Eb] how'd we ever get [Bb] this far?
You wonder [C] how, and I [F] wonder why
And I recall what [Eb] these boys [Bb] often saw
When [Eb] we would stop to [G] look at mom and daddy's door
[F]
They'd bow their heads [Eb] while they knelt beside [Bb] their bed
[F] And we could hear them lift [Cm] our names before [F] the Lord
Mama prayed and Jesus [Bb] slurred beside us
[Eb] Daddy prayed [Bb] and the devil had [C] to run
[Eb] God looked down [F] and his angels [Bb] guarded through the [Eb] harder days
Cause [Cm] mama prayed, [F] daddy [Gm] prayed
[Eb] And the devil came down
[Bb] [Cm] [F]
Now the boys are grown, raising boys of [Bb] their own
In a world a [G] little darker than before
[F]
The prayers go on every night and [Bb] every dawn
Cause [Eb] they still bow and lift [Cm] our names before [F] the Lord
[C] Mama prayed [F] and Jesus [Bb] slurred beside us
[Eb] Daddy prayed [Dm] and the devil had [C] to run
[Eb] God looked down [F] and his angels [Bb] guarded through the [Eb] harder days
Cause [Cm] mama prayed, [F] [Gm] daddy prayed
[F] [Bb]
[C]
Mama prayed [F] and Jesus slurred beside us
[Eb] Daddy prayed [Bb] and the devil had [C] to run
[Eb] God looked down [F] and his angels [Dm] guarded through the [Eb] harder days
Cause [Cm] mama prayed, [F] [Eb] daddy prayed
[Am] Mama prayed and Jesus [Bb] slurred beside us
Daddy prayed and the devil had [C] to run
[Eb] God looked down [F] and his angels [Bb] guarded through the [Eb] harder days
[Bb] Cause [Cm] mama prayed, [Am] [Eb] daddy prayed
[Bb] Mama prayed, daddy prayed
Mama prayed, [Cm] [Eb]
[Bb] [C] daddy prayed
[Eb]
[Bb] Daddy [C] prayed, daddy prayed
[Bb] [Bb]
[F]
[Eb] [F]
[Bb] [Cm]
[F] My memories [Eb] of my [Bb] brothers and me
Make [Eb] me marvel [C] at the day the years went by
[F]
Here we are, [Eb] how'd we ever get [Bb] this far?
You wonder [C] how, and I [F] wonder why
And I recall what [Eb] these boys [Bb] often saw
When [Eb] we would stop to [G] look at mom and daddy's door
[F]
They'd bow their heads [Eb] while they knelt beside [Bb] their bed
[F] And we could hear them lift [Cm] our names before [F] the Lord
Mama prayed and Jesus [Bb] slurred beside us
[Eb] Daddy prayed [Bb] and the devil had [C] to run
[Eb] God looked down [F] and his angels [Bb] guarded through the [Eb] harder days
Cause [Cm] mama prayed, [F] daddy [Gm] prayed
[Eb] And the devil came down
[Bb] [Cm] [F]
Now the boys are grown, raising boys of [Bb] their own
In a world a [G] little darker than before
[F]
The prayers go on every night and [Bb] every dawn
Cause [Eb] they still bow and lift [Cm] our names before [F] the Lord
[C] Mama prayed [F] and Jesus [Bb] slurred beside us
[Eb] Daddy prayed [Dm] and the devil had [C] to run
[Eb] God looked down [F] and his angels [Bb] guarded through the [Eb] harder days
Cause [Cm] mama prayed, [F] [Gm] daddy prayed
[F] [Bb]
[C]
Mama prayed [F] and Jesus slurred beside us
[Eb] Daddy prayed [Bb] and the devil had [C] to run
[Eb] God looked down [F] and his angels [Dm] guarded through the [Eb] harder days
Cause [Cm] mama prayed, [F] [Eb] daddy prayed
[Am] Mama prayed and Jesus [Bb] slurred beside us
Daddy prayed and the devil had [C] to run
[Eb] God looked down [F] and his angels [Bb] guarded through the [Eb] harder days
[Bb] Cause [Cm] mama prayed, [Am] [Eb] daddy prayed
[Bb] Mama prayed, daddy prayed
Mama prayed, [Cm] [Eb]
[Bb] [C] daddy prayed
[Eb]
[Bb] Daddy [C] prayed, daddy prayed
[Bb] [Bb]
Key:
Bb
Eb
F
C
Cm
Bb
Eb
F
_ Where's my [Bb] love when heaven came [C] down? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [F] My memories [Eb] of my [Bb] brothers and me
Make [Eb] me marvel [C] at the day the years went by
[F] _
_ _ Here we are, [Eb] how'd we ever get [Bb] this far?
You wonder [C] how, and I [F] wonder why
_ And I recall what [Eb] these boys [Bb] often saw
When [Eb] we would stop to [G] look at mom and daddy's door
[F] _
_ They'd bow their heads [Eb] while they knelt beside [Bb] their bed
[F] And we could hear them lift [Cm] our names before [F] the Lord
Mama prayed and Jesus [Bb] slurred beside us
[Eb] Daddy prayed [Bb] and the devil had [C] to run _
[Eb] God looked down [F] and his angels [Bb] guarded through the [Eb] harder days
Cause [Cm] mama prayed, [F] _ daddy [Gm] prayed
_ [Eb] And the devil came down
_ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [F]
Now the boys are grown, raising boys of [Bb] their own
In a world a [G] little darker than before
_ [F] _
The prayers go on every night and [Bb] every dawn
Cause [Eb] they still bow and lift [Cm] our names before [F] the Lord
[C] Mama prayed [F] and Jesus [Bb] slurred beside us
[Eb] Daddy prayed [Dm] and the devil had [C] to run
[Eb] God looked down [F] and his angels [Bb] guarded through the [Eb] harder days
Cause [Cm] mama prayed, [F] _ [Gm] daddy prayed
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Mama prayed [F] and Jesus slurred beside us
[Eb] Daddy prayed [Bb] and the devil had [C] to run _
[Eb] God looked down [F] and his angels [Dm] guarded through the [Eb] harder days
Cause [Cm] mama prayed, [F] _ [Eb] daddy prayed
[Am] Mama prayed and Jesus [Bb] slurred beside us _ _
Daddy prayed and the devil had [C] to run
[Eb] God looked down [F] and his angels [Bb] guarded through the [Eb] harder days
[Bb] Cause _ [Cm] mama prayed, [Am] _ [Eb] daddy prayed
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Mama prayed, _ _ _ _ _ _ daddy prayed
_ _ _ Mama _ _ prayed, [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ [C] daddy prayed
_ _ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] Daddy [C] prayed, _ daddy prayed
_ [Bb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [F] My memories [Eb] of my [Bb] brothers and me
Make [Eb] me marvel [C] at the day the years went by
[F] _
_ _ Here we are, [Eb] how'd we ever get [Bb] this far?
You wonder [C] how, and I [F] wonder why
_ And I recall what [Eb] these boys [Bb] often saw
When [Eb] we would stop to [G] look at mom and daddy's door
[F] _
_ They'd bow their heads [Eb] while they knelt beside [Bb] their bed
[F] And we could hear them lift [Cm] our names before [F] the Lord
Mama prayed and Jesus [Bb] slurred beside us
[Eb] Daddy prayed [Bb] and the devil had [C] to run _
[Eb] God looked down [F] and his angels [Bb] guarded through the [Eb] harder days
Cause [Cm] mama prayed, [F] _ daddy [Gm] prayed
_ [Eb] And the devil came down
_ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [F]
Now the boys are grown, raising boys of [Bb] their own
In a world a [G] little darker than before
_ [F] _
The prayers go on every night and [Bb] every dawn
Cause [Eb] they still bow and lift [Cm] our names before [F] the Lord
[C] Mama prayed [F] and Jesus [Bb] slurred beside us
[Eb] Daddy prayed [Dm] and the devil had [C] to run
[Eb] God looked down [F] and his angels [Bb] guarded through the [Eb] harder days
Cause [Cm] mama prayed, [F] _ [Gm] daddy prayed
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Mama prayed [F] and Jesus slurred beside us
[Eb] Daddy prayed [Bb] and the devil had [C] to run _
[Eb] God looked down [F] and his angels [Dm] guarded through the [Eb] harder days
Cause [Cm] mama prayed, [F] _ [Eb] daddy prayed
[Am] Mama prayed and Jesus [Bb] slurred beside us _ _
Daddy prayed and the devil had [C] to run
[Eb] God looked down [F] and his angels [Bb] guarded through the [Eb] harder days
[Bb] Cause _ [Cm] mama prayed, [Am] _ [Eb] daddy prayed
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Mama prayed, _ _ _ _ _ _ daddy prayed
_ _ _ Mama _ _ prayed, [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ [C] daddy prayed
_ _ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] Daddy [C] prayed, _ daddy prayed
_ [Bb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _