Randy Travis - When Mama Prayed guitar chord

When Mama Prayed

By

Randy Travis

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

Intro Chords: Em Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7 Em C D G

G C/G G

Daddy never went to church on Sunday

G C/G G

He said that's one thing I'll never do

C G

But mama never gave up she said one day

Am7 C Dsus D

He'll be sitting here beside me and you

G C/G G

I can still hear mama softly talking

G C/G G

with her tears falling on her folded hands

C G

So that Easter Sunday Daddy walked in

Am7 C Dsus D

That's when I began to understand

Chorus:

Em C G D

When mama prayed, good things happen

Em C Dsus D

When mama prayed, lives were changed

Em D/F#

Not much more than five foot tall

G C Em7 Am D

But mountains big and small, crumbled all away

Em Cmaj7 Em C D G

When mama prayed

G C/G G

Seventeen and wild I hit the bottle

G C/G G

Doing anything I dang well pleased

C G

Burning down life's highway at full throttle

Am7 C Dsus D

While mama burned a candle on her knees

G C/G G

Then one night I came home half sober

G C/G G

I saw mama kneeling in the den

C G

As I listened, her and Jesus talked it over

Am7 C Dsus D

And I knew my restless days were 'bout to end

Chorus:

Em C G D

When mama prayed, good things happen

Em C Dsus D

When mama prayed, lives were changed

Em D/F#

Not much more than five foot tall

G C Em7 Am D

But mountains big and small, crumbled all away

G

When mama prayed

Bridge:

Bm C

It isn't like everyone of them got answered

G D

But the times they weren't it seems to me were rare

Bm C Em7

You almost felt sorry for the devil

Am C Dsus D

Cause heaven knows he didn't have a prayer

Em C G D

When mama prayed

Em C Dsus D

Em D/F#

Not much more than five foot tall

G C Em7 Am D

But mountains big and small, crumbled all away

Em C Em7

When mama prayed

Am Dsus D

They crumbled all away

Em Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7 Em C D G

When Mama Prayed