Little boy's prayer chords by
Porter Wagoner

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Key: G major

Verse 1
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Darling,
I don't know whether you can hear me or not
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Because of this lump in my throat,
I can't talk very loud
But I've got to tell you 'bout our
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little son's prayer tonight
If you could've heard it honey,

Verse 2
you'd have been so proud
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I'd already left a note on the
table for mom and dad
As if they didn't know what was wrong
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Now,
I asked them to take a care of him
Now, that you and I we're both
gone
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After I finished the note, I

Verse 3
figured that he was asleep
So, I've slipped in to see him just once
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more
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But he was just startin' to pray
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And his words froze me at the door

Verse 4
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And he said, "Dear God,
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it's late I hope I didn't get you up
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But there's somethin' we gotta
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talk about
You see God,
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my mommy was buried today
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And my daddy needs straighten out

Verse 5
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Ever since mommy got sick, he's
been nervous
And hollered at me a lot
But that part I can't understand
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'Cause even a little boy like me
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knows that
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Worry sometimes overload a man

Verse 6
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But God, he loved mommy so much
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And he used to tell her nothing
Would ever come between 'em
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Now, I know that's
what's botherin' him

Verse 7
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Now 'cause somethin' has
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and I'm afraid
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He's thinkin' about join
in' her somehow
God, I'm glad that
he loved mommy
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I want him to be with her again
one of these days
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But I want to

Verse 8

talk to him and tell him

That first he's got me to raise

Tell him, every now and then

Verse 9
A little boy needs a helping hand
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And I guess, you probably still need
Your daddy even after
you're a full grown man
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And God, if I'd lost him and
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mommy both
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It'd be more than I could stand

Verse 10
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I know my grandma
and grandpa
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Would take care of me
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'Cause they both love me a whole lot
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But God, they're older and they
don't always understand
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The problems a little boy like
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me has got
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Well God, I won't bother anymore tonight

Verse 11
But tomorrow night,
I'll be sure and talk to you again
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You take care of my daddy, now you hear thank you,
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Amen

Verse 12
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I've just stood there thinkin'
About his prayer and all that
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he said in it
Finally I opened the door
and asked him

Verse 13
If I could talk to him for a minute
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We sat down on the edge of his
bed
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And both took turns laughin' and cryin'
for a while
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And  he could tell it'd been a change
in me
Because for the first time in the long
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time I saw him smile
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So darling, you go on ahead

Verse 14
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but you walk slow
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And someday when you'll turn around
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I'll be there
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But it'll be a while
'cause I'm gonna spend
The next few dozen years
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Being an answer to our little boys prayer

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