Mothers day is not far off so I thought I'd post the song I'm doing in church on that Day.
Randy Travis recorded it on his album Rise and Shine. I capo the first fret when I do it. That Bm7 is
a hard one for me but it only takes practice :D The song is written in Bb and is very difficult, for me anyway.
I think most advanced beginners should be able to play this version.When Mama Prayed
Roy Lee/Paul Overstreet
1.
G C G
Daddy never went to church on Sunday
C G
He said "that's one thing I'll never do"
C G
But Mama never gave up she said "one day
Am D D7
He'll be sitting here beside me and you"
G C G
I can still hear Mama softly talking
C G
Her tears falling on her folded hands
C G
So that Easter Sunday Daddy walked in
Am D
That's when I began to understand
Chorus
D Em C G
When Mama prayed good things happened
D Em C G
When Mama prayed lives where changed
D Em D G C
Not much more than five foot tall but mountains big and small
Am D Em C Em D
Crumbled all away when Mama prayed
2.
G C G
Seventeen and wild I hit the bottle
C G
Doing anything I dang well pleased
C G
Burning down life's highway at full throttle
Am D D7
While Mama burned a candle on her knees
G C G
Then one night I came home half sober
C G
I saw Mama kneeling in the den
C G
As I listened, she and Jesus talked it over
Am D
And I knew my restless days were bout to end, Cause
Chorus
3.
Bm7 C2
It isn't like every one of them got answered
G D
But the times they weren't it seems to me were rare
Bm7 C2
You almost felt sorry for the devil
G Am D
Cause heaven knows he didn't have a prayer,
When Mama prayed________
Bridge: Em C2 G D Em C2 G D
D Em D G C
Not much more than five foot tall but mountains big and small
Am D Em C
Tag Crumbled all away when Mama prayed
Tim Madsen
Nobody cares how much you know,
until they know how much you care.
"What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away you keep forever." -Axel Munthe
Thanks for your contribution, Tim! I'll have to look this one up on youtube....
Oh, and can I ask a favour? Could you make a note in the "ESD Submissions" thread when you add new songs in future? Makes it easy to keep track of things and update the indexes.
Thank you,
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
Sure thing Vic. Sorry about that, it's been awhile since I posted a song and I didn't know about this procedure. Good idea I'll comply in the future.
Thanks for your contribution, Tim! I'll have to look this one up on youtube....
Oh, and can I ask a favour? Could you make a note in the "ESD Submissions" thread when you add new songs in future? Makes it easy to keep track of things and update the indexes.
Thank you,
:D :D :D
Vic
Tim Madsen
Nobody cares how much you know,
until they know how much you care.
"What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away you keep forever." -Axel Munthe
Tim, it's not mandatory, just a help for ME - means I can look back through the last few submissions, add them to the index, and post that we're up-to-date, and say what I've added. And for the benefit of yourself, and others, to save you a little time, don't bother posting a url to the new song - just tell me you've put it in. I look through each new song, copy the link then fool about with the index - or these days, both indexes.
By the way. looking back through this song, I notice a C2 chord - would you care to tell us how you're playing that particular chord? To me, it means a C chord with an added 2nd note(D, in the scale of C) in the voicing - which would be a Cadd9 chord. x32033 or x32030.....?
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
I play C2 like this X30010, yes you could call it a Cadd9.
Tim Madsen
Nobody cares how much you know,
until they know how much you care.
"What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away you keep forever." -Axel Munthe
