(Capo on 1st Fret) Intro Chords: E5 C5 E5 C5 E5 C5 D5 G5 G5 C5 G5 Daddy never went to church on Sunday G5 C5 G5 He said that's one thing I'll never do C5 G5 But mama never gave up she said one day A5 C5 D5 D5 He'll be sitting here beside me and you G5 C5 G5 I can still hear mama softly talking G5 C5 G5 with her tears falling on her folded hands C5 G5 So that Easter Sunday Daddy walked in A5 C5 D5 D5 That's when I began to understand Refr?o ------------- E5 C5 G5 D5 When mama prayed, good things happen E5 C5 D5 D5 When mama prayed, lives were changed E5 D5 Not much more than five foot tall G5 C5 E5 A5 D5 But mountains big and small, crumbled all away E5 C5 E5 C5 D5 G5 When mama prayed -------------------- G5 C5 G5 Seventeen and wild I hit the bottle G5 C5 G5 Doing anything I dang well pleased C5 G5 Burning down life's highway at full throttle A5 C5 D5 D5 While mama burned a candle on her knees G5 C5 G5 Then one night I came home half sober G5 C5 G5 I saw mama kneeling in the den C5 G5 As I listened, her and Jesus talked it over A5 C5 D5 D5 And I knew my restless days were 'bout to end Chorus: E5 C5 G5 D5 When mama prayed, good things happen E5 C5 D5 D5 When mama prayed, lives were changed E5 D5 Not much more than five foot tall G5 C5 E5 A5 D5 But mountains big and small, crumbled all away G5 When mama prayed Bridge: B5 C5 It isn't like everyone of them got answered G5 D5 But the times they weren't it seems to me were rare B5 C5 E5 You almost felt sorry for the devil A5 C5 D5 D5 Cause heaven knows he didn't have a prayer E5 C5 G5 D5 When mama prayed E5 C5 D5 D5 E5 D5 Not much more than five foot tall G5 C5 E5 A5 D5 But mountains big and small, crumbled all away E5 C5 E5 When mama prayed A5 D5 D5 They crumbled all away E5 C5 E5 C5 E5 C5 D5 G5 When Mama Prayed