Chords for Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper - Help Me Understand

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_ _ _ A little girl prayed at [F] the close of [C] the _ day _
_ _ Cause her daddy [D] had gone [G] far _ away _ _ _ _
[F] On [C] her little face [F] was a look of [D] _ [C]
despair
_ _ And _ _ listen, [G] and I heard [C] this _ _ prayer
_ _ _ [F] My mommy says daddy has brought [C] us to shame _ _
I [F] never know more [C] to mention [G] his _
_ [Dm] name
[C] Lord take me [Gm] and lead me [F] and hold to [C] my _ _ hand
Dear _ heavenly father [G] help me _ [C] understand
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_ _ [Gm] _ [F] You know friends, [C] I wonder how many homes are broken tonight
And just how [D] many tears are shed
[G] By some little word of anger [C] that never should have been said
_ [F] I'd like to [C] tell you a story of a family I once knew
_ We'll call them Mary [G] and William and [C] their little daughter Sue
_ _ _ Mary was just a plain mother and [F] Bill, well [C] he was the usual dad
But they had their family quarrels like everyone [D] else
But [G] neither one got mad
_ Then [C] one day something happened
[F] It was nothing of [C] course but one word led to another
And the last word led to a [G] divorce
[Em] _ _ [C] Now here were two grown up people who failed to see common [F] sense
And they [C] strengthened their own selfish pride at little Sue's expense
_ [D] You know [G] she didn't ask to be brought into this world [C] to drift from pillar [D] to post
[F] But a [C] divorce never stops to consider the one it hurts the most
_ [G] There'd be a lot [C] more honest loving in this wicked world today
If just a few [G] parted parents [C] could hear little Sue say _ _ _ _ _
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[F] My mommy says daddy has [C] plus two shame
_ _ I [F] never know more [C] to mention [B] his _ _ [G] name
[C] Lord take me and lead me [F] and hold to [C] my _ _ hand
Dear heavenly father [G] help me _ _ understand _ _
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