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Date: Tue, 12 Dec 95 09:57:09 0100
From: Daniel Guenther 
Subject: CRD: "UNANSWERED PRAYERS" by Garth Brooks

UNANSWERED PRAYERS by Garth Brooks            transcription by:
(Pat Alger/Larry B.Bastian/Garth Brooks)       Daniel Guenther
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INTRO:  Em   F#m   G   A

D                          G
Just the other night and a hometown football game
   D              Bm   Em                 A
My wife and I ran into my old high school flame
    G         F#m            Bm                G
And as I introduced them the past came back to me
      Em                F#m          G                  A
And I couldn't help but think of the way things used to be

D                        G
She was the one that I'd wanted for all times
    D                    Bm           Em                 A
And each night I'd spend prayin' that God would make her mine
    G            F#m           Bm                 G
And if he'd only grant me this wish I wished back then
    Em            F#m      A
I'd never ask for anything again

CHORUS:
                  D       G             A
Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
    D                   Bm          Em       A
Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
            D                F#m            G             Bm
That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care
        D              A    G                  D
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers

D                                     G
She wasn't quite the angel that I remembered in my dreams
            D                  Bm
And I could tell that time had changed me
   Em              A
In her eyes too it seemed
            G              F#m
We tried to talk about the old days
             Bm              G
There wasn't much we could recall
            Em                   F#m         A
I guess the Lord knows what he's doin' after all

    G                    F#m          Bm
And as she walked away I looked at my wife
             Em                  F#m
And then and there I thanked the good Lord
        G           A
For the gifts in my life

CHORUS:
                  D       G             A
Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
    D                   Bm          Em       A
Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
            D                F#m            G             Bm
That just because he may not answer doesn't mean he don't care
        D              A    G
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered...
        D              A    G
Some of God's greatest gifts are all too often unanswered...
        D              A    G                  D
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers
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Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1995 11:56:45 +0200
From: Markus Brakweh  (markusb)


Unanswered prayers                Brooks,Bastian,Alger sung by Garth Brooks

   D                          G
1. Just the other night at a  hometown football game
2. She was the one that I     wanted for all times
3. She wasn't quite the angel that I remembered in my dreams

   D                                         E7                  A
1. my wife and I ran into                    my old highschool   flame.
2. and each night I spent praying that       God would make her  mine.
3. and I could tell that time had changed me in her eyes, too it seemed.

               G              F                 B             F           G
1.             And as I       introduced them   the past came back to     me
2.             And if He'd    only grant me     this wish I'd wished back then
3. We tried to talk about the old day.It wasn't much we       could    re-call

   D           E                    D            G                  A
1. and I       couldn't help but    think of the way things used to be
2. I'd         never ask for        anything   a-gain.
3. I guess the Lord knows what'he's doin' after  all.

       G                        F            B
3. and as she walked away and I looked at my wife

                E                   D                 G           A
3. and then and there I thanked the good Lord for the gifts in my life

A                 D       G          E      A
Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers.

  D      A           B       A      E     A
Remember when you're talking to the man upstairs

            D                D7             G             E7
that just because He doesn't answer doesn't mean He don't care

               D             A B7 E7       A        D
'cause some of God's gratest gifts   are unanswered prayers.

Out:
          A                 D              A     B7          E7      A7
... are unanswered. Some of God's greatest gifts are all too often unanswered,

            D              A    B7 E7       A        D
    some of God's greatest gifts      are unanswered prayers