Mama Prays Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G](Pr[D]ayers went up and[G] they never
came down)
(Prayers went up and they never
came down)
(Prayers went [D]up and [G]they never came
[Dsus4]down)[G]

[Verse 2]
(Prayers went up and they [G]never
came down)
(Prayers went up and they never
came down)
(Prayers went up and they never
[Am]came [D]down)

[Verse 3]
My memories
[G]Of my [C]brothers and [G]me
Make me
[C]Marvel [G]at [Am]the way the
[G]years went [D]by[Em][D]
Here we are
How'd [C]we ever get this [G]far
I [C]wonder how
And [A]I wonder why
[D]

[Verse 4]
When I recall what these [C]boys often sung
[G]And we would [C]stop to [G]look at [Am]Mo m
and [G]Daddy's [D]door[G][D]
They'd bow their heads
While they [C]knelt beside their [G]bed
And we could [C]hear them lift our
[Am]names before the Lord
[D]

[Verse 5]
[G]Momma [C]prayed
And [D]Jesus stood be[G]side us
Daddy [C]prayed
And the [G]devil had to [A]run[D]
[G]God looked [C]down
And his [D]angles guarded
[G]Through the harder [C]days
'Cause Momma [Am]prayed[D]
And Daddy [C]prayed
(Prayers went [G]up and they never came

[Verse 6]
[C]
down)
(Prayers went up and they [G]never
[C]came down)
(Prayers went up and they
[G]never came [Am]down)[D]

[Verse 7]
Now the boys are grown Raising [C]boys
of their [G]own
In a [C]world [G]a little [C]darker than
[G]be [D]fore[Asus4][D]
But the prayers go on
Every [C]night and every dawn
[G]'Cause they still bow[C] and lift
[Am]our names before the [D]Lord
Mom[G]ma prays

[Verse 8]
[C]
And [D]Jesus stands be[G]side us
Daddy [C]prays
And the [G]devil has to [A]run
[D]'Cause God[G] looks d[C]own
And his [D]angles guards us
[G]Through the harder [C]days
'Cause Momma [Am]prays[D]
And Daddy [Em]prays

[Verse 9]
[D](Prayers went up and they never
came down)
(Prayers went up and they never came
[G]down)
(Prayers went up and they never came
[Asus4]down)[A][Asus4]
[A]Momma prays

[Verse 10]
[C]
And [D]Jesus stands be[G]side me
Daddy [C]prays
And the [G]devil has to run
[A]'Ca[D]use God lo[G]oks [C]down
And his [D]angles guard me
[G]Through the harder
[C]days (harderdays)
'Cause Momma [Am]prays[D]
And Daddy [C]prays
And Je[D]sus stands be

[Verse 11]
[G]side me
Momma [C]prays
And the [G]devil has to [A]run
[D]God[G] looks dow[C]n
And [D]his angles guard me
[G]Through the harder days [C](harder days,
harder days)
'Cause Momma [Am]prays
[D]And Daddy pra[C]ys (prayers w[G]ent up and
they [C]never came down)
(Prayers went up and they [G]never came
down) Momma prays
(Prayers went up and they never came
down)
And Daddy prays
[C](Prayers went up and the[G]y never
[Am]came [C]down)
(Prayers went up and [G]they never came
down) Momma prays
(Prayers went up and they never
[C]came down)
(Prayers went [G]up and they never came

[Verse 12]
[G]
down)
(Prayers went up and they never
came down)
(Prayers went up and
they never came down)