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 Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7 Em C D G
GC/GG
Daddy never went to church on Sunday
GC/GG
He said that's one thing I'll never do
CG
But mama never gave up she said one day
Am7CDsuD
He'll be sitting here beside me and you
GC/GG
I can still hear mama softly talking
GC/GG
with her tears falling on her folded hands
CG
So that Easter Sunday Daddy walked in
Am7CDsusD
That's when I began to understand
Chorus:
EmCGD
When mama prayed, good things happen
EmCDsusD
When mama prayed, lives were changed
EmD/F#
Not much more than five foot tall
GCEAmD
But mountains big and small, crumbled all away
EmGmaj7
When mama prayed
GC/GG
Seventeen and wild I hit the bottle
GC/GG
Doing anything I dang well pleased
CG
Burning down life's highway at full throttle
Am7CDsusD
While mama burned a candle on her knees
GC/GG
Then one night I came home half sober
GC/GG
I saw mama kneeling in the den
CG
As I listened, her and Jesus talked it over
Am7CDsuD
And I knew my restless days were 'bout to end
Chorus:
EmCGD
When mama prayed, good things happen
EmCDsusD
When mama prayed, lives were changed
EmD/F#
Not much more than five foot tall
GCEAmD
But mountains big and small, crumbled all away
G
When mama prayed
Bridge:
BmC
It isn't like everyone of them got answered
GD
But the times they weren't it seems to me were rare
BmCEm7
You almost felt sorry for the devil
AmCDsusD
Cause heaven knows he didn't have a prayer
EmD
When mama prayed
ECDDus
EmD/F#
Not much more than five foot tall
GCEAmD
But mountains big and small, crumbled all away
EmEm7
When mama prayed
AmDsuD
They crumbled all away
EmGmaj7
When Mama Prayed