• Song:

    When Mama Prayed

  • Artist:

    Randy Travis

I love this song, it tells my story to a T. Learn it and pass it on.
God Bless!


(Capo on 1st Fret...Per CD)...The C/G chord is 3X2013


Intro Chords:   Em (022000@1) Cmaj7 (x32000@1)  Em (022000@1) Cmaj7 (x32000@1)  Em (022000@1)  C (x32010@1)  D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)
G (320003@1)         C/G (3x555x@1)             GDaddy (320003@1)never went to church on Sunday
G (320003@1)                C/G (3x555x@1)            GHe (320003@1)said that's one thing I'll never do
    C (x32010@1)                         GBut (320003@1)mama never gave up she said one day
         Am7 (x02010@1)          C (x32010@1)         Dsus (xx0233@1) DHe'll (xx0232@1)be sitting here beside me and you

G (320003@1)              C/G (3x555x@1)       GI (320003@1)can still hear mama softly talking
G (320003@1)                    C/G (3x555x@1)         Gwith (320003@1)her tears falling on her folded hands
C (x32010@1)                         GSo (320003@1)that Easter Sunday Daddy walked in
Am7 (x02010@1)           C (x32010@1)         Dsus (xx0233@1)  DThat's (xx0232@1)when I began to understand


Chorus:

          Em (022000@1)  C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)   DWhen (xx0232@1)mama prayed, good things happen
          Em (022000@1)  C (x32010@1)          Dsus (xx0233@1)  DWhen (xx0232@1)mama prayed, lives were changed
         Em (022000@1)                D/F#Not (200232@1)much more than five foot tall
    G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)   Em7 Am (x02210@1)          DBut (xx0232@1)mountains big and small,    crumbled all away
             Em (022000@1)  Cmaj7 (x32000@1)   Em (022000@1)  C (x32010@1)   D (xx0232@1)   GWhen (320003@1)mama prayed


G (320003@1)           C/G (3x555x@1)          GSeventeen (320003@1)and wild I hit the bottle
G (320003@1)      C/G (3x555x@1)             GDoing (320003@1)anything I dang well pleased
C (x32010@1)                                 GBurning (320003@1)down life's highway at full throttle
      Am7 (x02010@1)         C (x32010@1)           Dsus (xx0233@1) DWhile (xx0232@1)mama burned a candle on her knees

G (320003@1)            C/G (3x555x@1)            GThen (320003@1)one night I came home half sober
G (320003@1)        C/G (3x555x@1)           GI (320003@1)saw mama kneeling in the den
     C (x32010@1)                               GAs (320003@1)I listened, her and Jesus talked it over
      Am7 (x02010@1)            C (x32010@1)                Dsus (xx0233@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)I knew my restless days were 'bout to end


Chorus:

          Em (022000@1)  C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)   DWhen (xx0232@1)mama prayed, good things happen
          Em (022000@1)  C (x32010@1)          Dsus (xx0233@1) DWhen (xx0232@1)mama prayed, lives were changed
         Em (022000@1)                D/F#Not (200232@1)much more than five foot tall
    G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)   Em7 Am (x02210@1)          D (xx0232@1)But mountains big and small,    crumbled all away
             GWhen (320003@1)mama prayed


Bridge:

Bm (x24432@1)                               CIt (x32010@1)isn't like everyone of them got answered
        G (320003@1)                                    DBut (xx0232@1)the times they weren't it seems to me were rare
    Bm (x24432@1)                      C (x32010@1)    Em7
You almost felt sorry for the devil
      Am (x02210@1)            C (x32010@1)           Dsus (xx0233@1) DCause (xx0232@1)heaven knows he didn't have a prayer

             Em (022000@1)   C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)   DWhen (xx0232@1)mama prayed

Em (022000@1)  C (x32010@1)    Dsus (xx0233@1)  D (xx0232@1)
         Em (022000@1)                D/F#Not (200232@1)much more than five foot tall
    G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)   Em7 Am (x02210@1)          DBut (xx0232@1)mountains big and small,    crumbled all away
            Em (022000@1)    C (x32010@1)  Em7
When mama prayed
     Am (x02210@1)          Dsus (xx0233@1) DThey (xx0232@1)crumbled all away
             Em (022000@1)   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)   Em (022000@1)   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)   Em (022000@1)   C (x32010@1)  D (xx0232@1)  GWhen (320003@1)Mama Prayed


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