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Mamas Prayers Chords by Merle Haggard

Mamas Prayers chords by Merle Haggard

Guitar chords with lyrics

  • Capo on 2nd
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Key: E

Intro:

D N.C.


Verse 1:
                      D N.C.
Back when I was doing time
          G N.C.           D N.C.
There's a night I can't forget
  D N.C.
A mad man with knife in hand
                         A7 N.C.
Tried to kill me while I slept
    D N.C.                           D7 N.C.
But somehow the knife missed its mark
      G N.C.            D N.C.
And I pinned the raging man
    D N.C.                    A7 N.C. D N.C.
Somehow my mama's prayers had worked again
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Verse 2:
                      D N.C.
One night while we were driving
           G N.C.       D N.C.
Across the mighty Texas plains
             D  N.C.                 D N.C.
A car pulled out with its headlights out
     D N.C.      A7 N.C.
Head on into our lane
   D N.C.                           D7 N.C.

As Deanrow swerved and missed the car
G N.C.                  D N.C.
  I felt a mighty hand
                  D           A7      D
Somehow my mama's prayers had worked again


Chorus:
       G
Mama's prayers were always with me
            G
Through the battlefields of life
D
  She prayed for me and said amen
                  A7
In the name of Jesus Christ
         D                  D7
From the death house in San Quentin
          G            D
I walked away a better man
    D                       A7        D
Somehow my mama's prayers had worked again


Solo:
G
D      A7
D  D7  G  D
D      A  D D7


Chorus:
       G
Mama's prayers were always with me
            G
Through the battlefield of life
D
  She prayed for me and said amen
                  A7
In the name of Jesus Christ
         D                  D7
From the death house in San Quentin
          G            D
I walked away a better man
D                               A7      D
  Somehow my mama's prayers had worked again

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