Randy Travis – When Mama Prayed chords

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 3X2013


Intro Chords:   Em   Cmaj7    Em   Cmaj7    Em    C    D   G


G           C/G               GDaddy never went to church on Sunday
G                  C/G              GHe said that's one thing I'll never do
    C                           GBut mama never gave up she said one day
         Am7            C           Dsus   DHe'll be sitting here beside me and you

G                C/G         GI can still hear mama softly talking
G                      C/G           Gwith her tears falling on her folded hands
C                           GSo that Easter Sunday Daddy walked in
Am7             C           Dsus    DThat's when I began to understand


Chorus:

          Em    C             G     DWhen mama prayed, good things happen
          Em    C            Dsus    DWhen mama prayed, lives were changed
         Em                  D/F#Not much more than five foot tall
    G                 C     Em7 Am            DBut mountains big and small,    crumbled all away
             Em    Cmaj7     Em    C     D     GWhen mama prayed


G             C/G            GSeventeen and wild I hit the bottle
G        C/G               GDoing anything I dang well pleased
C                                   GBurning down life's highway at full throttle
      Am7           C             Dsus   DWhile mama burned a candle on her knees

G              C/G              GThen one night I came home half sober
G          C/G             GI saw mama kneeling in the den
     C                                 GAs I listened, her and Jesus talked it over
      Am7              C                  Dsus   DAnd I knew my restless days were 'bout to end


Chorus:

          Em    C             G     DWhen mama prayed, good things happen
          Em    C            Dsus   DWhen 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
             GWhen mama prayed


Bridge:

Bm                                 CIt isn't like everyone of them got answered
        G                                      DBut the times they weren't it seems to me were rare
    Bm                        C      Em7You almost felt sorry for the devil
      Am              C             Dsus   DCause heaven knows he didn't have a prayer

             Em     C     G     DWhen mama prayed

Em    C      Dsus    D


         Em                  D/F#Not much more than five foot tall
    G                 C     Em7 Am            DBut mountains big and small,    crumbled all away
            Em      C    Em7When mama prayed
     Am            Dsus   DThey crumbled all away
             Em     Cmaj7     Em     Cmaj7     Em     C    D    GWhen Mama Prayed