Chords for When Mama Prayed
Tempo:
71.95 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
Fm
Db
Bbm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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For you, [F] I am praying.
For you, [Ab] I am praying.
For you, I am [Fm] praying.
[B] I'm [F] praying for you.
[Db] [Fm] [Db]
[Fm] [Ab]
His daddy never went to church on Sunday.
He said that's just one thing that I won't do.
[Db] His mama never gave up, she [Ab] said, one day.
[Bb] I know he'll sit [Bbm] beside me [Eb] and you.
[Ab] I can [Db] still hear mama [Ab] softly praying.
Tears fell on her folded hands.
[Db] Easter Sunday morning, [Ab] daddy walked in.
[Bbm] That's when he began to [Eb] understand.
That when mama [Fm] prayed, [Ab] good things happened.
[Eb]
When mama [Fm] prayed, [Eb] lives were changed.
But not [Fm] much more than five [Eb] foot tall, [Ab] mountains big and small, [Bbm] crumbled all [Eb] away when mama [Fm] prayed.
[Db]
[Fm] [Ab] Twenty-five and wild, I hit the bottle, didn't need anything that I would please.
I [Db] was running down last highway at [Ab] full throttle, [Bbm] while mama [Eb] burned a candle on her knees.
[Ab] Then one night I came home half sober, saw my mama kneeling in the den.
[Eb] As I listened, she and Jesus [Ab] talking over, [Bbm] and I knew my [Db] restless days were about [Eb] to end.
When mama [Fm] prayed, [Ab] good things happened.
[Eb] When mama [Fm] [Db] prayed, lives [Eb] were changed.
But [Fm] not much more than five [Eb] foot tall, [Ab] mountains big and small, [Bb] crumbled all [Eb] away when mama [Ab] prayed.
[Cm] It's not like every one of them [Db] got an answer, [Ab] but the times they did seem to me [Eb] were rare.
[Cm] You almost felt sorry [Db] for the devil, [Bb] cause heaven [Ab] knows he didn't [Eb] have a prayer when mama [Fm] prayed.
[Db]
[Ab] [Eb] [Fm] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] But not [Fm] much more than five [Eb] foot tall, [Ab] mountains big and small, [Bbm] crumbled all [Eb] away when mama [Fm] prayed.
[Bbm] [Eb]
When [Fm] mama prayed.
[Db] [Fm] [Db] [Ab]
For you, [Ab] I am praying.
For you, I am [Fm] praying.
[B] I'm [F] praying for you.
[Db] [Fm] [Db]
[Fm] [Ab]
His daddy never went to church on Sunday.
He said that's just one thing that I won't do.
[Db] His mama never gave up, she [Ab] said, one day.
[Bb] I know he'll sit [Bbm] beside me [Eb] and you.
[Ab] I can [Db] still hear mama [Ab] softly praying.
Tears fell on her folded hands.
[Db] Easter Sunday morning, [Ab] daddy walked in.
[Bbm] That's when he began to [Eb] understand.
That when mama [Fm] prayed, [Ab] good things happened.
[Eb]
When mama [Fm] prayed, [Eb] lives were changed.
But not [Fm] much more than five [Eb] foot tall, [Ab] mountains big and small, [Bbm] crumbled all [Eb] away when mama [Fm] prayed.
[Db]
[Fm] [Ab] Twenty-five and wild, I hit the bottle, didn't need anything that I would please.
I [Db] was running down last highway at [Ab] full throttle, [Bbm] while mama [Eb] burned a candle on her knees.
[Ab] Then one night I came home half sober, saw my mama kneeling in the den.
[Eb] As I listened, she and Jesus [Ab] talking over, [Bbm] and I knew my [Db] restless days were about [Eb] to end.
When mama [Fm] prayed, [Ab] good things happened.
[Eb] When mama [Fm] [Db] prayed, lives [Eb] were changed.
But [Fm] not much more than five [Eb] foot tall, [Ab] mountains big and small, [Bb] crumbled all [Eb] away when mama [Ab] prayed.
[Cm] It's not like every one of them [Db] got an answer, [Ab] but the times they did seem to me [Eb] were rare.
[Cm] You almost felt sorry [Db] for the devil, [Bb] cause heaven [Ab] knows he didn't [Eb] have a prayer when mama [Fm] prayed.
[Db]
[Ab] [Eb] [Fm] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] But not [Fm] much more than five [Eb] foot tall, [Ab] mountains big and small, [Bbm] crumbled all [Eb] away when mama [Fm] prayed.
[Bbm] [Eb]
When [Fm] mama prayed.
[Db] [Fm] [Db] [Ab]
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Eb
Fm
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Fm
_ For you, [F] I am _ praying.
For you, [Ab] I am praying.
For you, I am [Fm] praying. _
[B] I'm [F] praying for you.
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ His daddy never went to church on Sunday. _
_ He said that's just one thing that I won't do. _
_ [Db] His mama never gave up, she [Ab] said, one day. _
_ [Bb] I know he'll sit [Bbm] beside me [Eb] and you. _ _
_ [Ab] I can [Db] still hear mama [Ab] softly praying. _
_ Tears fell on her folded hands. _
_ [Db] Easter Sunday morning, [Ab] daddy walked in. _
_ [Bbm] That's when he began to [Eb] understand.
That when mama [Fm] prayed, [Ab] good things happened.
[Eb]
When mama [Fm] _ prayed, [Eb] lives were changed.
But not [Fm] much more than five [Eb] foot tall, [Ab] mountains big and small, [Bbm] crumbled all [Eb] away when mama [Fm] prayed.
_ [Db] _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] Twenty-five and wild, I hit the bottle, _ _ _ didn't need anything that I would please.
I [Db] was running down last highway at [Ab] full throttle, _ _ [Bbm] while mama [Eb] burned a candle on her knees.
_ _ [Ab] Then one night I came home half sober, _ _ saw my mama kneeling in the den.
_ [Eb] As I listened, she and Jesus [Ab] talking over, _ [Bbm] and I knew my [Db] restless days were about [Eb] to end.
When mama [Fm] _ prayed, [Ab] good things happened.
[Eb] When mama [Fm] _ [Db] prayed, lives [Eb] were changed.
But [Fm] not much more than five [Eb] foot tall, [Ab] mountains big and small, [Bb] crumbled all [Eb] away when mama [Ab] prayed.
_ _ _ [Cm] It's not like every one of them [Db] got an answer, _ [Ab] but the times they did seem to me [Eb] were rare.
_ _ [Cm] You almost felt sorry [Db] for the devil, _ [Bb] cause heaven [Ab] knows he didn't [Eb] have a prayer when mama [Fm] prayed.
[Db] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] But not [Fm] much more than five [Eb] foot tall, [Ab] mountains big and small, [Bbm] crumbled all [Eb] away when mama [Fm] prayed.
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ When [Fm] mama prayed. _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _
For you, [Ab] I am praying.
For you, I am [Fm] praying. _
[B] I'm [F] praying for you.
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ His daddy never went to church on Sunday. _
_ He said that's just one thing that I won't do. _
_ [Db] His mama never gave up, she [Ab] said, one day. _
_ [Bb] I know he'll sit [Bbm] beside me [Eb] and you. _ _
_ [Ab] I can [Db] still hear mama [Ab] softly praying. _
_ Tears fell on her folded hands. _
_ [Db] Easter Sunday morning, [Ab] daddy walked in. _
_ [Bbm] That's when he began to [Eb] understand.
That when mama [Fm] prayed, [Ab] good things happened.
[Eb]
When mama [Fm] _ prayed, [Eb] lives were changed.
But not [Fm] much more than five [Eb] foot tall, [Ab] mountains big and small, [Bbm] crumbled all [Eb] away when mama [Fm] prayed.
_ [Db] _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] Twenty-five and wild, I hit the bottle, _ _ _ didn't need anything that I would please.
I [Db] was running down last highway at [Ab] full throttle, _ _ [Bbm] while mama [Eb] burned a candle on her knees.
_ _ [Ab] Then one night I came home half sober, _ _ saw my mama kneeling in the den.
_ [Eb] As I listened, she and Jesus [Ab] talking over, _ [Bbm] and I knew my [Db] restless days were about [Eb] to end.
When mama [Fm] _ prayed, [Ab] good things happened.
[Eb] When mama [Fm] _ [Db] prayed, lives [Eb] were changed.
But [Fm] not much more than five [Eb] foot tall, [Ab] mountains big and small, [Bb] crumbled all [Eb] away when mama [Ab] prayed.
_ _ _ [Cm] It's not like every one of them [Db] got an answer, _ [Ab] but the times they did seem to me [Eb] were rare.
_ _ [Cm] You almost felt sorry [Db] for the devil, _ [Bb] cause heaven [Ab] knows he didn't [Eb] have a prayer when mama [Fm] prayed.
[Db] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] But not [Fm] much more than five [Eb] foot tall, [Ab] mountains big and small, [Bbm] crumbled all [Eb] away when mama [Fm] prayed.
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ When [Fm] mama prayed. _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _