Chords with lyrics
Key: FF
♫ Intro:
C majorC C FF C majorC
♫ Verse 1:
C majorC FF C majorC
I left a line of blue haired ministers
FF C majorC
Deciding where she should go
FF C majorC
Along side past us this big wide limousine
C/BC/B A minorAm
And the holy sink they blow
♫ Verse 2:
C majorC FF C majorC
Minds are made up a week from Saturday
FF C majorC
To them the doors are closed
FF C majorC
But poor old Virginia’s please are never heard
C/BC/B A minorAm
By then, she’s a travelled soul.
♫ Chorus:
FF C majorC FF C majorC
Oh, how she pra--yed! How she pra--yed!
FF C majorC A minorAm
Not like the sailor beside her
FF C majorC A minorAm
Not like the waves in the water
FF C majorC A minorAm A minorAm
Not like the ways that he taught her.
C majorC C majorC C majorC
How she prayed
FF C majorC
Oh, how she prayed.
♫ Verse 3:
C majorC FF C majorC
Virginia found herself a place in Tennessee
FF C majorC
It wasn’t much but called it home
FF C majorC
Her mama said “Go find yourself a Kennedy.
C/BC/B A minorAm
You’ll never go it on your own.
♫ Verse 4:
C majorC FF C majorC
But here is something I never shared with you
FF C majorC
Broken vows and broken homes
FF C majorC
Mom never really cared for you
C/BC/B A minorAm A minorAm
Tried to tell you all along.
♫ Chorus:
FF C majorC FF C majorC
Oh, how she pra--yed! How she pra--yed!
FF C majorC A minorAm
Not like the sailor beside her
FF C majorC A minorAm
Not like the waves in the water
FF C majorC A minorAm A minorAm
Not like the ways that he taught her.
FF C majorC FF C majorC
Oh, how she pra--yed! How she pra--yed!
FF C majorC A minorAm
Not like the sailor beside her
FF C majorC A minorAm
Not like the waves in the water
FF C majorC A minorAm A minorAm
Not like the ways that he taught her.
C majorC FF C majorC
How she prayed
Oh, how she prayed.
C majorC FF C majorC
How she prayed
Oh, how she prayed.