C (x32010@1)                        FJust (133211@1)the other night and a hometown football game
   C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1) D7 (xx0212@1)               GMy (320003@1)wife and I ran into my old high school flame
    F (133211@1)       E (022100@1)            Am (x02210@1)               FAnd (133211@1)as I introduced them the past came back to me
      D7 (xx0212@1)              E (022100@1)          F (133211@1)                GAnd (320003@1)I couldn't help but think of the way things used to be

C (x32010@1)                      FShe (133211@1)was the one that I'd wanted for all times
    C (x32010@1)                  Am (x02210@1)         D7 (xx0212@1)               GAnd (320003@1)each night I'd spend prayin' that God would make her mine
    F (133211@1)          E (022100@1)         Am (x02210@1)               FAnd (133211@1)if he'd only grant me this wish I wished back then
    D7 (xx0212@1)          E (022100@1)      GI'd (320003@1)never ask for anything again

CHORUS:
                  C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)           GSometimes (320003@1)I thank God for unanswered prayers
    C (x32010@1)                 Am (x02210@1)        D7 (xx0212@1)     GRemember (320003@1)when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
            F (133211@1)              E (022100@1)            Am (x02210@1)           FThat (133211@1)just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care
        C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)  G (320003@1)                CSome (x32010@1)of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers

C (x32010@1)                                   FShe (133211@1)wasn't quite the angel that I remembered in my dreams
            C (x32010@1)                AmAnd (x02210@1)I could tell that time had changed me
   D7 (xx0212@1)            GIn (320003@1)her eyes too it seemed
            F (133211@1)            E (022100@1)
We tried to talk about the old days
             Am (x02210@1)            FThere (133211@1)wasn't much we could recall
            D7 (xx0212@1)                 E (022100@1)       GI (320003@1)guess the Lord knows what he's doin' after all

    F (133211@1)                  E (022100@1)          AmAnd (x02210@1)as she walked away I looked at my wife
             D7 (xx0212@1)                EAnd (022100@1)then and there I thanked the good Lord
        F (133211@1)         GFor (320003@1)the gifts in my life

CHORUS:
                  C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)           GSometimes (320003@1)I thank God for unanswered prayers
    C (x32010@1)                 Am (x02210@1)        D7 (xx0212@1)     GRemember (320003@1)when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
            F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)           FThat (133211@1)just because he may not answer doesn't mean he don't care
        C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)  GSome (320003@1)of God's greatest gifts are unanswered...
        C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)  GSome (320003@1)of God's greatest gifts are all too often unanswered...
        C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)  G (320003@1)                CSome (x32010@1)of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers