UNANSWERED PRAYERS by Garth Brooks            transcription by:
(Pat Alger/Larry B.Bastian/Garth Brooks)       Riley Worwood
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      EADGBE
D/F# (200232)
D/C# (x40232)
D/B  (x20232)
G/f# (200003)
Asus4 (002230)
C#dim(x42020)
^    (Slide into chord)



INTRO:  D (xx0232@1) D/F# (200232@1) G (320003@1) Asus4 (x02230@1)A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)             D/F# (200232@1)         G (320003@1)            AJust (x02220@1)the other night and a hometown football game
   D (xx0232@1)      D/C# (x40232@1)D/BA Em (022000@1)               AMy (x02220@1)wife and I ran into my old high school flame
    G (320003@1)       D/F# (200232@1)          Bm (x24432@1)      A (x02220@1)      G (320003@1)   G/F#And (320002@1)as I introduced them the past came back to me
      Em (022000@1)              D/F# (200232@1)        G (320003@1)           Asus4 (x02230@1) AAnd (x02220@1)I couldn't help but think of the way things used to be

D (xx0232@1)          D/F# (200232@1)          G (320003@1)           AShe (x02220@1)was the one that I'd wanted for all times
    D (xx0232@1)        D/C# (x40232@1)     D/BA       Em (022000@1)                A (x02220@1)                  
And each night I'd spend prayin' that God would make her mine
    G (320003@1)          D/F# (200232@1)         Bm (x24432@1)        A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1)  G/F#And (320002@1)if he'd only grant me this wish I wished back then
    Em (022000@1)          D/F# (200232@1)    Asus4 (x02230@1)AI'd (x02220@1)never ask for anything again

CHORUS:
                  D^D/F# (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)           ASometimes (x02220@1)I thank God for unanswered prayers
    D (xx0232@1)  D/C# (x40232@1)     D/B (x20232@1)A (x02220@1)        Em (022000@1)   ARemember (x02220@1)when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
            D (xx0232@1)              D/F# (200232@1)          G (320003@1)           C#dimThat (3423xx@1)just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care
        D (xx0232@1)            D/F# (200232@1)  G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)       DSome (xx0232@1)of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers

D (xx0232@1)             D/F# (200232@1)         G (320003@1)            AShe (x02220@1)wasn't quite the angel that I remembered in my dreams
            D (xx0232@1)      D/C# (x40232@1)D/B (x20232@1)    A (x02220@1)               
And I could tell that time had changed me
   Em (022000@1)            AIn (x02220@1)her eyes too it seemed
            G (320003@1)            D/F#We (200232@1)tried to talk about the old days
             Bm (x24432@1)     A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1)    G/f#
There wasn't much we could recall
            Em (022000@1)                 D/F# (200232@1)       Asus4 (x02230@1)AI (x02220@1)guess the Lord knows what he's doin' after all

G (320003@1)                  D/F# (200232@1)        BmAnd (x24432@1)as she walked away I looked at my wife
             Em (022000@1)                D/F#And (200232@1)then and there I thanked the good Lord
        G (320003@1)         Asus4 (x02230@1)AFor (x02220@1)the gifts in my life

CHORUS:
                  D^D/F# (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)           ASometimes (x02220@1)I thank God for unanswered prayers
    D (xx0232@1)  D/C# (x40232@1)     D/B (x20232@1)A (x02220@1)        Em (022000@1)   ARemember (x02220@1)when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
            D (xx0232@1)              D/F# (200232@1)          G (320003@1)           C#dimThat (3423xx@1)just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care
        D (xx0232@1)            D/F# (200232@1)  G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)       DSome (xx0232@1)of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers

D (xx0232@1)            D/F# (200232@1)  G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)       DSome (xx0232@1)of God's greatest gifts are all too often unanswered...
        D (xx0232@1)            D/F# (200232@1)  G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)       D (xx0232@1)Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers