Momma’s Prayers chords by
Merle Haggard

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Key: E major

Verse 1
D D 
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Back when I was doing time
G G 
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D D 
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There's a night I can't forget
A mad man with knife in hand
A A 
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Tried to kill me while I slept
But somehow the knife
D D 
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G G 
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missed its mark
D D 
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And I pinned the raging man
Somehow my mama's prayers
A A 
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D D 
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had worked again
A A 
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D D 
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One night while we were driving
G G 
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D D 
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Across the mighty Texas plains
A car pulled out with its headlights out
A A 
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Head on into our lane
D D 
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As Deanrow swerved and missed
G G 
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the car
D D 
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I felt a mighty hand
Somehow my mama's prayers
A A 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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had worked again
D D 
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G G 
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Mama's prayers were
always with me
D D 
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G G 
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Through the battlefield of life
D D 
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She prayed for me and said amen
A A 
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In the name of Jesus Christ
D D 
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From the death house in San Quentin
G G 
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D D 
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I walked away a better man
A A 
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Somehow mama's prayers had worked
D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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A A 
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Am Am 
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A A 
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D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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A A 
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D D 
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G G 
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Mama's prayers were
always with me
Through the battlefield of life
D D 
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A A 
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She prayed for me and said amen
D D 
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A A 
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In the name of Jesus Christ
D D 
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From the death house in San Quentin I
G G 
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D D 
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I walked away a better man
Somehow mama's prayers had
A A 
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D D 
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A A 
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G G 
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A A 
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D D 
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worked again
A A 
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D D 
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A A 
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D D 
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