Help Me Understand Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]A l[A]ittle g[D]irl prayed at
the [G]close of the [D]day
Because her daddy had went far [A]away
On [D]her little face was a [G]look of des[D]pair
I stood there and listened,
and [A]I heard t[D]his
My [G]mommy says daddy has
[D]brought us to shame
And [G]I'm never no more to
[D]mention his [A]name
Lord, [D]take me and lead me
and [G]hold to my [D]hand.
Oh, Heavenly Father,
[A]help me [D]understand.
You know, friends out there,
I wonder how many broken homes
[G]there are tonight.
And how many tears are shed
[D]by some little word of anger
[E]That never should have been sai[A]d
Well, [D]I'd like to tell you a story
It's a story about [G]a family that I once knew
[A]Well, I just call them Mary and William
And their little daughter [D]Sue
Now Mary, she was just a plain
old housewife and mother,
[G]and Bill, I guess he was
just a usual [A]dad.
And they had their family quarrels
like everyone else,
but neither one ever got [D]real mad.
And then one day, something happened.
[G]Oh, it [D]was not[G]hing of course,
[A]but one word led to another,
and the last word led to a [D]divorce.
Now, here was two grown -up people
[G]who failed to use common sense,
an[D]d they strengthened[A]
and their own selfish [D]pride
[E]at little Sue's [A]expense.
[D]Now, she did[A]n't ask to be
brought [D]in to this [G]world,
to drift from pillar [A]to post,
but a divorce never seems to stop
and consider the ones that
it hurts the [D]most.
Why, you know,
I bet there'd be a lot less divorces
[G]in this old world today
[A]if just a few parents could
hear that little child say,
[D]

[Verse 2]
Lord, take me in, lead me in,
[G]hold to my [D]hand.

[Verse 3]
Oh, [D]Heavenly Father, help [A]me understand.
[D]you