Randy Travis - When Mama Prayed

i love this song , it tells my story to a t . learn it and pass it on .
god bless!

( capo on 1st fret . . . per cd ) . . . the C/G chord is 3×2013

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