{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":937632,"song":"When Mama Prayed","artist":"Randy Travis","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/937632-when-mama-prayed-chords-by-randy-travis/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/937632?type=chord","rating":4.68697,"votes":51,"content":"I love this song, it tells my story to a T. Learn it and pass it on.\r\nGod Bless!\r\n\r\n\r\n(Capo on 1st Fret...Per CD)...The C/G chord is 3X2013\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro Chords: [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDaddy never went to church on Sunday[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said that's one thing I'll never do[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut mama never gave up she said one day[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dsus[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe'll be sitting here beside me and you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can still hear mama softly talking[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwith her tears falling on her folded hands[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo that Easter Sunday Daddy walked in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dsus[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat's when I began to understand[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen mama prayed, good things happen[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dsus[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen mama prayed, lives were changed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nNot much more than five foot tall[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut mountains big and small, crumbled all away[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen mama prayed[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSeventeen and wild I hit the bottle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDoing anything I dang well pleased[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBurning down life's highway at full throttle[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dsus[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhile mama burned a candle on her knees[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen one night I came home half sober[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI saw mama kneeling in the den[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs I listened, her and Jesus talked it over[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dsus[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I knew my restless days were 'bout to end[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen mama prayed, good things happen[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dsus[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen mama prayed, lives were changed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nNot much more than five foot tall[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nBut mountains big and small, crumbled all away[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen mama prayed[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBridge:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt isn't like everyone of them got answered[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the times they weren't it seems to me were rare[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nYou almost felt sorry for the devil[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dsus[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCause heaven knows he didn't have a prayer[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen mama prayed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dsus[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nNot much more than five foot tall[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut mountains big and small, crumbled all away[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nWhen mama prayed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dsus[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey crumbled all away[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen Mama Prayed[/tab]","plain_text":"I love this song, it tells my story to a T. Learn it and pass it on.\nGod Bless!\n\n\n(Capo on 1st Fret...Per CD)...The C/G chord is 3X2013\n\n\nIntro Chords: Em Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7 Em C D G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBridge:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEm C Dsus D","chords":["C/G","Em","Cmaj7","C","D","G","Am7","Dsus","D/F#","Em7","Am","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}