Prayer Changes Chords by R.Kelly

_ _ Somebody just [Bb] look back over your life and [Eb] _ see where it brought you from.
[Gm] How many of you [Cm] know prayer changes?
I heard that [Bb] prayer changes.
I believe that [Eb] prayer changes.
I know that [Gb] prayer changes [Gm] [Cm] things.
Prayer changes.
I heard that [Bb] prayer changes.
I believe that [Eb] prayer changes.
I know that [Gb] prayer changes [Gm] things.
[Cm] _ Now I was in a [Bb] real bad abusive relationship.
[Eb] _ Knowing that there was [Gb] no way for me [Gm] to live.
[Cm] A young girl like me, [Bb] raised up in a good family.
[Eb] Way too young [Gb] to endure such [Gm] misery.
[Cm] And every night I cried [Bb] myself to sleep from all the pain.
[Eb] _ And the more I prayed for [Gb] sunny days it [Gm] seemed to rain.
[Cm] At any given [Bb] time, for no reason at [Eb] all.
It hit me so so [Gb] hard.
My [Gm] God sometimes I'd [Cm] fall.
Mama asked what happened [Bb] to me and I'd take up for [Eb] him.
She said the devil's a [Gb] liar and pray [Gm] God get rid of [Cm] him.
And now I'm going to [Bb] school, getting those books, I'm doing [Eb] fine.
He's out my life, I'm not [Gb] confused, got peace of [Gm] mind.
Man I tell [Cm] you prayer changes.
It changes.
[Bb] Prayer changes.
Oh it changes.
[Eb] Prayer changes.
I'm a witness.
[Gb] Prayer changes.
[Gm] And I know.
[Cm] Prayer changes.
It [Bb] changes.
Prayer changes.
It changes.
[Eb] Prayer changes.
I'm a living witness.
[Gb] Prayer changes [Gm] things.
[Cm] _ _ I [Dm] was a freshman in college [C]
and [Eb] I had [Gb] just made it on [Gm] the basketball [Cm] team.
I had [Bb] all the skills it took to make [Eb] it.
But on my grades I [Gb] would get nothing but [Gm] all D's.
[Cm] And the coach came to [Dm] me and had a talk with me about my [Eb] career.
Said if you don't get your [Gb] grades up, I'm going [Gm] to have to sit you down [Cm] this year.
Man as tough [Bb] as I was, I'd break down and [Eb] cry.
Cause everybody knows [Gb] me, knows that [Gm] basketball is my [Cm] life.
Algebra.
I studied [Bb] hard.
Chemistry.
I gave my [Eb] all.
Calculus.
Oh my [Gb] God.
English.
[Gm] So many [Cm] flaws.
Playing ball didn't look too [G] good for me.
My future [Eb] I could not see.
I had lost [Gb] all my beliefs.
[Gm] And gave up on [Cm] all my dreams.
Then I went to [Bb] church on Sunday.
And the pastor [Eb] began to preach.
It was like he was [Gb] talking to me.
[Gm] When he said I can [Cm] do all things.
And Christ has [Bb] strengthened me.
And for me that [Eb] was enough.
Now that I went from [Gb] a D all the way [C] to an A+.
I [Cm] tell you.
Prayer changes things.
_ [Bb] _ _ Prayer [Eb] changes.
Prayer.
Prayer changes.
It changes [Gbm] things.
Prayer changes.
[Gm] It [Cm] changes things.
_ [Gm] _ _ _
[Eb] Prayer changes.
It changes things.
Prayer changes.
I'm [Gb] reliving when it's there.
Prayer [Gm] changes [Cm] things.
_ Me and [Bb] my wife had a [Eb] few problems.
We [Gb] thought that [Gm] nothing [Cm] could solve them.
Listening to [Bb] family members and so [Eb] called friends.
Man [Gb] I tell you that's [Gm] just how the devil creeps in.
[Cm] We were [Dm] separated at least for a month or two.
[Eb] She was wilding in the [Gb] clubs.
And I was [Gm] out there doing [Cm] wrong too.
And we would walk [C] around the house.
Putting each [Eb] other down.
I mean right [Gb] in front of the kids.
[Gm] We would curse each [Cm] other out.
Then I was in a [Bb] bad accident.
And I almost lost [Eb] my life.
And guess who was there [Gb] for me?
[Gm] My wife.
[Cm] Now ain't it funny how he [Bb] makes a way.
When we said there was no way.
[Eb] I'm at the hospital and back at [Gb] home.
Well on another [Gm] wedding day I tell you.
Prayer changes.
It [Bb] changes. Prayer changes. _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gb] Things I'm a [Cm] witness it.
Prayer changes.
[Ab] Changes.
[Eb] _ _ _
[G] Prayer changes.
Changes.
[A] Prayer [Gm] changes things.
_ Now all [G] of these things were [F] happening in one [Bb] family.
But [Eb] that's okay cause [Gbm] there's nothing [Dm] God can't [C] achieve.
I don't care what [Bb] the problem in your life may [Eb] be.
Cause who the [Gb] son sets free [Gm] is free indeed.
[Cm] And if you didn't [Dm] know.
Now you shouldn't [Eb] know.
All you gotta do is [Am] take this family's [Dm] life for example.
[Cm] Now mom and dad are married [Bb] again.
Four kids now cause they just had [Eb] twins.
Little sister all grown up now.
[Gb] She's a lawyer married [Gm] with one child [Cm] now.
Two years big brother's [Bb] out of college.
And man he's got his hands [Eb] full.
Blessed with skills.
Blessed with knowledge.
Now [C] he's playing for the Chicago [Cm] Bulls.
Prayer changes.
I'm a [Bb] witness.
Prayer changes. _
_ [Eb] Prayer changes.
_ [Gbm] _ [Gm] Oh well it looks [Cm] like.
_ [Gm] You can't make it y'all.
I know that [Eb] prayer changes.
Changes [Gb] things.
[Gm] Changes things.
[Cm] _ In the [Bb] middle of your soul. Prayer changes.
Prayer will [Eb] change.
Cause it [Gbm] changes [Gm]
things.
[Cm] Prayer changes. Prayer [Bb] [Eb] changes.
Prayer changes.
[G] Prayer _ changes.
[Am] _ [Dm] These walls.
[Cm] _ Even if you do it [Bb] wrong.
All your [Eb] money's gone.
If you put out your [Gbm] heart.
Prayer [Gm] changes.
[Cm] You _ can't find [Gm] a friend.
That your [Eb] journey's in. Prayer changes.
_ _ [Gb] Changes [Gm]
things.
[C] Prayer changes. Prayer changes.
[Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] Prayer changes.
_ [Gb] Prayer [Gm] changes.
Changes things.
[Cm] When it seems you can't [Eb] go on.
When all your strength [C] is gone.
If you hold on it won't [A] be long.
I know [Gm] prayer is gonna [Cm] change.
Breaking or doing [Bb] drugs.
Even if you're riding [Eb] a train.
If you hear the [D] music finish.
_ [Bb] _
_ [Cm] _ Prayer will change.
[Dm] Prayer _
_ [Eb] changes. Prayer changes.
[Gb] Changes [Gm]
things.
[Cm] Changes. Changes.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Gm] _