A
 On my fifth birthday

G
 I got so upset

D
 About the brand new bike

A
 that I didn't get

A
 I'd prayed my heart out and it

G
 didn't seem fair

D
 I told my grandpa I guess

A                           G
 God doesn't care and He just smiled

            A
And said my child


  D
Make no mistake

A
Every prayer you pray

       G
Get's answered

      B  A
Even though

G             A
Sometimes the answer 

   D
Is no


A
 Five years later

G
 Out behind the shed

D                      
 With a stolen pack of 

A
 Granpa's ciggerets

A
 I struck a match 

G
 And held that first one to my lips

D                                
 And prayed to God please let me 

A
 Get away with this 

                  G
And through the smokey air

               A
I saw grandpa standin' there


  D
Make no mistake

A                            G
Every prayer you pray gets answered

     B   A
Even though

G
Sometimes 

     A        D
The answer is no


        D                A           G
When I think of all the answers in my life

                  D
I would have to say 

        A  G
There's no doubt 

                      D
It was always for the best

        G            D A
When I didn't get my way


D
 Well Grandpa got older 

A
 Like grandpas do

G
 His health was feelin and I 

A
 Guess I knew

A
 That It'd be best if He was

G
 Called on home

D
 But selfishly I prayed to God

    A
To keep Him hangin on 

              G
And when He passed away

              A        G
In my mind I heard Him say


 D
Make no mistake

A                           G
Every prayer you pray gets answered

     B  A
Even though

G              A
Sometimes the answer

   D
Is no