Help Me Understand chords by Hank Williams, Jr.

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Verse 1
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A little  (D major) girl prayed at
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the close  (G major) of the day,  (D major) 
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Cause her daddy had gone far away,  (A major) 
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 (D major) On her little face was a  (G major) look of despair,  (D major) 
I stood there and listened,
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and  (A major) I  heard this pray (D major) er
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My mommy  (G major) says daddy has
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brought  (D major) us to shame
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And I'm  (G major) never no more
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to  (D major) mention his name  (A major) 
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Lord take  (D major) me and lead me
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and hold  (G major) to my hand  (D major) 
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Oh heavenly father help me  (A major) understand
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Verse 2

You know friends I wonder

Just how many homes are broken tonight

And just how many tears are shed

By some little word of anger

That never should have been said

Verse 3

I'd like to tell you a story

Of a family I once knew.

We'll call them Mary and William

And their little daughter sue

Verse 4
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 (D major) Now Mary was just a plain mother
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And bill was just a usu (A major) al dad  (D major) 
And they had their little
family quarrels
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(like every (G major) body else)
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But neither one really got mad  (D major) 

Verse 5
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Then one day something  (D major) happened
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It  (G major) was nothing of course
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But one word  (D major) led to another
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And the last word led to a  (A major) di vorce
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 (D major) Now here were two

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grown up people

Who failed to use common sense

They strengthened their own selfish pride

At little Sue's expense

Verse 7
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You know she didn't  (A major) ask to be brought to
This world
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 (D major) To drift from pillar to post
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But a  (G major) divorce never stops to consider
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The ones it hurts  (D major) the most