Key: C major
Verse 1
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G
F
C
Dm
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When I was a child,
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Dm
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I thought as a child
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D
We sang hymns at the close of the day
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C
But now I'm a man,
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C
F
C
I put away childish things
But there's some times
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C
I wish I could pray
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Dm
C
when the danger is past
When returned to your fam
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D
G
ily and friends
when you're tired
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Am
and you're scared
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G
C
Sometimes I wish I could pray
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Dm
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Sometimes I wish I could pray
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Em
F
Most of the time I'm doing okay
D
C
G
C
But then sometimes I wish I could pray
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been planned in advance
By one who looks down
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D
and is pleased
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F
Or to lift up your eyes
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G
and thank someone
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D
When you're humbled
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G
C
Sometimes I wish I could pray
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Dm
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Sometimes I wish I could pray
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Em
F
Dm
Most of the time I'm doing okay
D
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G
F
Em
But then sometimes I wish I could pray
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F
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Am
D
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F
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G
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Just to think for the stars and the sun,
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D
for the cry of a baby at birth.
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Hard to be lieve there's a home
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Am
way up high in the sky
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Am
when our journey is
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Sometimes I wish I could pray
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Em
Dm
C
Sometimes I wish I could pray
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Em
F
Most of the time I'm doing okay
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G
But as sometimes I wish,
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sometimes I wish
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There are sometimes I wish I
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Dm
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could pray
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