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 3x2013 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