Merle Haggard – Mamas Prayers (Guitar)

Capo 2
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[Intro] D N.C. [Verse 1]
                      D N.C.
Back when I was doing time

          G N.C.           D N.C.
There's a night I can't forget

  D N.C.
A mad man with knife in hand

                         A7 N.C.
Tried to kill me while I slept

    D N.C.                           D7 N.C.
But somehow the knife missed its mark

      G N.C.            D N.C.
And I pinned the raging man

    D N.C.                    A7 N.C. D N.C.
Somehow my mama's prayers had worked again
[Verse 2]
                      D N.C.
One night while we were driving

           G N.C.       D N.C.
Across the mighty Texas plains

             D  N.C.                 D N.C.
A car pulled out with its headlights out

     D N.C.      A7 N.C.
Head on into our lane
D N.C. D7 N.C. As Deanrow swerved and missed the car
G N.C.                  D N.C.
  I felt a mighty hand

                  D           A7      D
Somehow my mama's prayers had worked again
[Chorus]
       G
Mama's prayers were always with me

            G
Through the battlefields of life

D
  She prayed for me and said amen

                  A7
In the name of Jesus Christ

         D                  D7
From the death house in San Quentin

          G            D
I walked away a better man

    D                       A7        D
Somehow my mama's prayers had worked again
[Solo] G D A7 D D7 G D D A D D7 [Chorus]
       G
Mama's prayers were always with me

            G
Through the battlefield of life

D
  She prayed for me and said amen

                  A7
In the name of Jesus Christ

         D                  D7
From the death house in San Quentin

          G            D
I walked away a better man

D                               A7      D
  Somehow my mama's prayers had worked again