Chords for Tommy Bates: I Went To Pray

[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Mama, I'm going to sing this one for you.
_ _ [Eb] Yeah, _ it's an [Bbm] old one if you don't mind.
_ [Gb] This is the one that the [Db] old sisters in our church used to sing.
_ Can you handle it?
_ It goes like this.
[Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Oh my _ burdens
_ _ _ were so weary
_ _ _ and my cross
[Eb] _ _ was [Ab] so hard [E] to [Bb] bear
_ [Fm] On [D] my [Bb] [Eb] knees
_ [Bbm] I called on Jesus
_ [Ebm] I [Bbm] know [Ab]
[Bb] Jesus, _ [F] _ [Ab] _ [C] He might be [Bb]
there
[Bbm] I [Db] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ [Ebm] [Bbm] said [Abm] Lord
[Eb] _
_ _ You're [Ab] worthy _ _ _
One day I went [Bb] away
_ _ [G] _ I _ went
[E] _ [Gb] _ [Cm] _ [G]
One day to pray
[D] _ [Eb] I [E] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ [E] _ [F] _ _ [Dbm]
[Eb] went [Ab] away
_ [G] _ _ I [C] went away
_ [F] _ [Bbm] One day to [D] pray
_ [Eb] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bb] _
I [E] _ _ _ [Eb] went [Bbm] away
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] One day _
[E] _ _ _ [F] to pray _ _
_ _ [Bb] I was [Eb] _ wounded, _ _ [Bbm] broken _ hearted
I _ [Gb] _ [Eb] was bound down, bound down, bound down beneath a [E] wave
_ But I knew what to do, I went [Bb] away
[Ab] _ [G] _ _ _ [Gm]
I [Gb] went [G] away
_ [Db] _ [Bb] Somewhere to [Eb] pray
_ [E] _ [Fm] You _ [Eb] _ [Db] _ _ [Gm] [Bbm] may [Bb] be here
[Ebm] [Bbm] And _ [Eb] _ [Bbm] your heart is so troubled
_ _ And [Eb] the Lord [Bbm] _
is [Ab] [Eb] so hard [Bbm] to bear
[Eb] _ [Db] _
_ [Bb] _ [C] [Bbm] On your knees, _ _ _ _ call on Jesus
I [Bb] _
_ [C] know Jesus, _ _ _ [Dbm]
He [F] answers prayers
_ You will [Bb] cry [Ab] holy
[Eb] _ _ _ [B] You [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] will shout [Ab] and say [Eb] my Jesus
You are [Bb] worthy
[E] _ Go _ [F] away, _ [Db] _
[G] _ _ go [C] away
_ [Eb] _
[Bbm] Somewhere and _ [D] [Eb] pray _
[E] _ _ [Bb] I've [Eb] been there [E] many [F] times _
[Db] I've been away
[Ab] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Eb] [F] One _ [Bbm]
day to [Bb] pray
[Eb] _ [E] Oh _ [Fm] _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Dbm] I [Cm] went _ away
_ [Eb] Beneath _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] a wave
_ _ I [Fm] went _
[Bb] _ [Ab] _ [G] _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ away [Cm] _ [F] _ _ [Db] _ [Bb] to [C] pray
[Eb] _ _ [E] [Bb] I _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] went _
[G] _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ [F] _
[Eb] away
One [Bbm] day to pray _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ [Db] Oh _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ yes I did
_ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] I _ went away
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] Broken _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [D]
hearted
_ [Eb] _ I was bound down _ _ [E] beneath a wave
_ _ But [Fm] I went away
_ [G] I _ [Db]
went away
[C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _
_ [E] _ [G] _ _ Oh
[C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
[G] I went [C] away _ _ _
[Fm] _ [Bbm] I went into [Ebm] my [G] hiding place
_ [C] I went into my [Ab] secret [F] place
[Bbm] I went [G] where demons can't find [Ab] me
[C] I went where the storm [Fm] can't find me
[Bb] I went [Ab] to [G] the [E] arms _ [C] of [Eb] my [Bb] Jesus
I went [Ab] away
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] [Em] One _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ day, _ _ _ _ _ _ one _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ day
_ _ [Fm] _ _
[F] One day to pray
_ _ [Fm] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[E] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
I've _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Gb] _ [Fm] _ _ [G] _ been