Chords for Randy Travis: "Mama Prayed" (LIFE Today / James Robison)
Tempo:
72.05 bpm
Chords used:
Db
Ab
Fm
Eb
Bbm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Fm] [Db]
[Fm] [Db] [Fm]
[Ab] Daddy never went to church on Sunday.
He said [Db] that's one thing I'll never [Ab] do.
[Cm] [Db] Mama never gave up, she [Ab] said someday.
[Bbm] He'll be sitting [Fm] here beside of me [Eb] and you.
[Ab] I can [Db] still hear Mama [Ab] softly talking.
Her tears [Db] falling on her [Ab] folded hands.
So that Easter Sunday that [Ab] he walked in, [Bbm] that's when [Db] I began to [Eb] understand.
When [Fm] Mama prayed, [Db]
good things happened.
[Eb] When [Fm] Mama prayed, [Db]
[Eb] lives were changed.
Not [Fm] much more than five [Eb] foot tall, [Ab] but mountains big and small.
[Bbm] Crumbled [Eb] all away when [Fm] Mama prayed.
[Db] [Fm]
[Ab] 17 and wild I hit the bottle, doing [Db] anything I dang well pleased.
Burning down last highway at [Ab] full throttle, [Bbm] while Mama [F] burned a candle [Eb] on her knee.
[Ab] Then one night [Db] I came [Ab] home half sober, and I saw [Db] Mama kneeling [Ab] in the den.
[Db] As I listened, she and Jesus [Ab] talked it over.
[Bbm] And I knew my restless days were [G] about to [Eb] end.
Cause when [Fm] Mama prayed, [Db] good [Ab] things happened.
[Eb]
When [Fm] Mama prayed, [Db] [Eb] lives were changed.
Not [Fm] much more than [Eb] five foot tall, [Ab] but mountains [Db] big and small.
[Bbm] Crumbled [Eb] all away when [Ab] Mama prayed.
[Cm] It isn't like every one of them [Db] got answered.
[Ab] But the times they weren't, seems to [Eb] me were rare.
[Cm] You almost felt sorry [Db] for the devil, [Bb] cause heaven knows he didn't [Eb] have a prayer.
When [Fm] Mama prayed, [Ab] [Eb]
[Fm] [Db] [Ab] [Eb]
not [Fm] much more than [Eb] five foot tall, [Ab] but mountains big and small.
[Bbm] Crumbled [Eb] all away when [Fm] Mama prayed.
[Db]
[Bbm] Crumbled [Eb] all away when [Fm]
Mama [Ab] prayed.
[Fm] Crumbled all away when Mama prayed.
When Mama prayed, not much more than five foot tall, but mountains big and small.
When Mama prayed, not much more than five foot tall, but mountains big and small.
Crumbled all away when Mama prayed.
[Db] [Fm] [Db] [Ab]
[Fm] [Db] [Fm]
[Ab] Daddy never went to church on Sunday.
He said [Db] that's one thing I'll never [Ab] do.
[Cm] [Db] Mama never gave up, she [Ab] said someday.
[Bbm] He'll be sitting [Fm] here beside of me [Eb] and you.
[Ab] I can [Db] still hear Mama [Ab] softly talking.
Her tears [Db] falling on her [Ab] folded hands.
So that Easter Sunday that [Ab] he walked in, [Bbm] that's when [Db] I began to [Eb] understand.
When [Fm] Mama prayed, [Db]
good things happened.
[Eb] When [Fm] Mama prayed, [Db]
[Eb] lives were changed.
Not [Fm] much more than five [Eb] foot tall, [Ab] but mountains big and small.
[Bbm] Crumbled [Eb] all away when [Fm] Mama prayed.
[Db] [Fm]
[Ab] 17 and wild I hit the bottle, doing [Db] anything I dang well pleased.
Burning down last highway at [Ab] full throttle, [Bbm] while Mama [F] burned a candle [Eb] on her knee.
[Ab] Then one night [Db] I came [Ab] home half sober, and I saw [Db] Mama kneeling [Ab] in the den.
[Db] As I listened, she and Jesus [Ab] talked it over.
[Bbm] And I knew my restless days were [G] about to [Eb] end.
Cause when [Fm] Mama prayed, [Db] good [Ab] things happened.
[Eb]
When [Fm] Mama prayed, [Db] [Eb] lives were changed.
Not [Fm] much more than [Eb] five foot tall, [Ab] but mountains [Db] big and small.
[Bbm] Crumbled [Eb] all away when [Ab] Mama prayed.
[Cm] It isn't like every one of them [Db] got answered.
[Ab] But the times they weren't, seems to [Eb] me were rare.
[Cm] You almost felt sorry [Db] for the devil, [Bb] cause heaven knows he didn't [Eb] have a prayer.
When [Fm] Mama prayed, [Ab] [Eb]
[Fm] [Db] [Ab] [Eb]
not [Fm] much more than [Eb] five foot tall, [Ab] but mountains big and small.
[Bbm] Crumbled [Eb] all away when [Fm] Mama prayed.
[Db]
[Bbm] Crumbled [Eb] all away when [Fm]
Mama [Ab] prayed.
[Fm] Crumbled all away when Mama prayed.
When Mama prayed, not much more than five foot tall, but mountains big and small.
When Mama prayed, not much more than five foot tall, but mountains big and small.
Crumbled all away when Mama prayed.
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_ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ Daddy never went to church on Sunday.
_ _ He said [Db] that's one thing I'll never [Ab] do.
_ [Cm] _ _ [Db] Mama never gave up, she [Ab] said someday.
_ [Bbm] He'll be sitting [Fm] here beside of me [Eb] and you.
_ _ _ [Ab] I can [Db] still hear Mama [Ab] softly talking.
Her tears [Db] falling on her [Ab] folded hands.
_ _ So that Easter Sunday that [Ab] he walked in, _ _ [Bbm] that's when [Db] I began to [Eb] understand.
When [Fm] Mama prayed, [Db]
good things happened.
[Eb] When [Fm] Mama prayed, _ [Db] _
[Eb] lives were changed.
Not [Fm] much more than five [Eb] foot tall, [Ab] but mountains big and small.
[Bbm] Crumbled [Eb] all away when [Fm] Mama prayed.
_ [Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Ab] 17 and wild I hit the bottle, _ _ doing [Db] anything I dang well pleased.
_ Burning down last highway at [Ab] full throttle, _ [Bbm] while Mama [F] burned a candle [Eb] on her knee. _ _
[Ab] Then one night [Db] I came [Ab] home half sober, _ and I saw [Db] Mama kneeling [Ab] in the den. _
[Db] As I listened, she and Jesus [Ab] talked it over. _
[Bbm] And I knew my restless days were [G] about to [Eb] end.
Cause when [Fm] Mama prayed, [Db] good [Ab] things happened.
[Eb]
When [Fm] Mama prayed, [Db] _ [Eb] lives were changed.
Not [Fm] much more than [Eb] five foot tall, [Ab] but mountains [Db] big and small.
[Bbm] Crumbled [Eb] all away when [Ab] Mama prayed. _
_ [Cm] It isn't like every one of them [Db] got answered. _
[Ab] But the times they weren't, seems to [Eb] me were rare.
_ [Cm] You almost felt sorry [Db] for the devil, _ [Bb] cause heaven knows he didn't [Eb] have a prayer.
When [Fm] Mama prayed, _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb]
not [Fm] much more than [Eb] five foot tall, [Ab] but mountains big and small.
[Bbm] Crumbled [Eb] all away when [Fm] Mama prayed.
[Db] _
_ [Bbm] Crumbled [Eb] all away when [Fm]
Mama [Ab] prayed.
_ [Fm] Crumbled all away when Mama prayed.
When Mama prayed, not much more than five foot tall, but mountains big and small.
When Mama prayed, not much more than five foot tall, but mountains big and small.
Crumbled all away when Mama prayed.
[Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ Daddy never went to church on Sunday.
_ _ He said [Db] that's one thing I'll never [Ab] do.
_ [Cm] _ _ [Db] Mama never gave up, she [Ab] said someday.
_ [Bbm] He'll be sitting [Fm] here beside of me [Eb] and you.
_ _ _ [Ab] I can [Db] still hear Mama [Ab] softly talking.
Her tears [Db] falling on her [Ab] folded hands.
_ _ So that Easter Sunday that [Ab] he walked in, _ _ [Bbm] that's when [Db] I began to [Eb] understand.
When [Fm] Mama prayed, [Db]
good things happened.
[Eb] When [Fm] Mama prayed, _ [Db] _
[Eb] lives were changed.
Not [Fm] much more than five [Eb] foot tall, [Ab] but mountains big and small.
[Bbm] Crumbled [Eb] all away when [Fm] Mama prayed.
_ [Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Ab] 17 and wild I hit the bottle, _ _ doing [Db] anything I dang well pleased.
_ Burning down last highway at [Ab] full throttle, _ [Bbm] while Mama [F] burned a candle [Eb] on her knee. _ _
[Ab] Then one night [Db] I came [Ab] home half sober, _ and I saw [Db] Mama kneeling [Ab] in the den. _
[Db] As I listened, she and Jesus [Ab] talked it over. _
[Bbm] And I knew my restless days were [G] about to [Eb] end.
Cause when [Fm] Mama prayed, [Db] good [Ab] things happened.
[Eb]
When [Fm] Mama prayed, [Db] _ [Eb] lives were changed.
Not [Fm] much more than [Eb] five foot tall, [Ab] but mountains [Db] big and small.
[Bbm] Crumbled [Eb] all away when [Ab] Mama prayed. _
_ [Cm] It isn't like every one of them [Db] got answered. _
[Ab] But the times they weren't, seems to [Eb] me were rare.
_ [Cm] You almost felt sorry [Db] for the devil, _ [Bb] cause heaven knows he didn't [Eb] have a prayer.
When [Fm] Mama prayed, _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb]
not [Fm] much more than [Eb] five foot tall, [Ab] but mountains big and small.
[Bbm] Crumbled [Eb] all away when [Fm] Mama prayed.
[Db] _
_ [Bbm] Crumbled [Eb] all away when [Fm]
Mama [Ab] prayed.
_ [Fm] Crumbled all away when Mama prayed.
When Mama prayed, not much more than five foot tall, but mountains big and small.
When Mama prayed, not much more than five foot tall, but mountains big and small.
Crumbled all away when Mama prayed.
[Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
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