Chords for Iris DeMent - The Night I Learned How Not To Pray

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My mom actually told me this.
She remembered that my sister Fay, when she was about 3 or 4 years old,
she told the whole family before I came along to bed,
it was my brother [Gb] Raymond's wedding.
She said, [Bb]
[G]
Fay yelled as loud as she could,
and there was a mark of a siren, [N] terrible.
Back then she said,
Look out, here comes the bride and the groom.
[G]
[Eb] I actually had a broom.
[Bb]
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[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb]
[Bb]
[Gm] I said, it's okay, [C] but it was quite a [Cm]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] wedding.
[Gm]
He [Bb] was smiling, [F] and the boy was true to his [Bb] tiny hair.
But my mom [Eb]
[Bb]
[Gm] [C]
told my sister [Cm] Fay,
we [Bb] stood out [Eb]
like no other [Bb] wedding.
[Gm]
[Bb] I said, I'm waiting for [F]
my parents' [Bb] mom.
Well, I'm praying to even [Eb] the ring.
[Gm]
[C]
[Cm]
We [Bb] were at the kids' table,
[Eb] and last bedtime was [Gm] my dad's dad's call.
And [Bb] last evening it was over,
and my [F]
stepdad's plan was all against the [Bb] wall.
[Gm] [Bb] So [Eb] I asked him to play.
[Gm] He understood what God wanted [Cm] anyway.
[Bb] And I never did [Eb] tell my sister.
She [Bb] kept the stitches [Eb] off my brother.
[Bb] That was the [F] night I learned how not to play.
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It was 41 years [Eb] later when I took my [Bb] brother's first year out of that bar.
[Gm] My brother almost had to [C] cry his head off getting [Cm] too tall.
[Gm] Well, he [Eb] decided he didn't know what I was [Bb] going to do for him.
[Gm] But at the door of my house,
[F] I [Gm] heard him knock.
And I [Eb] decided I [Gm] ought not to pray.
God, that's what [C] God wants to [Cm] do.
He'll tell me anyway.
[Gm] And I never did [Eb] tell my sister.
[Gm] She kept the stitches [Eb] off my brother.
[Bb] That was the night [F] I learned [Gm] how not to play.
[Eb] [Bb] That was the night I learned how not to play.
[Eb] [Bb] That was
[F] the night I learned how not [Bb] to pray.
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My mom actually told me this.
She remembered that my sister Fay, when she was about 3 or 4 years old, _ _
she told the whole family before I came along to bed,
it was my brother [Gb] Raymond's wedding. _ _
She said, _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Fay yelled as loud as she could,
and there was a mark of a siren, [N] terrible.
Back then she said,
Look out, here comes the bride and the groom.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ I actually had a broom.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ I said, it's okay, [C] but it was quite a [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ wedding.
_ [Gm] _
_ He [Bb] was smiling, [F] and the boy was true to his [Bb] tiny hair. _ _
_ But my mom _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ told my sister [Cm] Fay, _ _ _
_ we [Bb] stood out _ _ [Eb] _
like no other [Bb] wedding.
_ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Bb] I said, I'm waiting for _ [F] _
_ my parents' [Bb] mom. _ _ _ _
_ Well, I'm praying to even [Eb] the ring.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ We [Bb] were at the kids' table,
[Eb] and last bedtime was [Gm] my dad's dad's call. _
_ And [Bb] last evening it was over,
and my [F]
stepdad's plan was all against the [Bb] wall. _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ So [Eb] I _ _ _ asked him to play. _
_ _ [Gm] He _ understood what God wanted _ [Cm] _ anyway. _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] And I never did [Eb] tell my sister.
She [Bb] kept the stitches [Eb] off my brother.
_ [Bb] That was the [F] night I learned how not to play. _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ It was 41 years [Eb] later when I took my [Bb] brother's first year out of that bar.
_ [Gm] My brother almost had to [C] cry his head off getting [Cm] too tall. _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] Well, he [Eb] decided he didn't know what I was [Bb] going to do for him. _
[Gm] _ _ But at the door of my house, _ _
[F] _ I [Gm] heard him knock. _ _ _
_ _ _ And I [Eb] decided I _ [Gm] ought not to pray.
_ _ _ _ God, _ that's what [C] God wants to [Cm] do.
He'll tell me anyway.
_ _ [Gm] And I never did [Eb] tell my sister.
[Gm] She kept the stitches [Eb] off my brother.
_ [Bb] That was the night [F] I learned [Gm] how not to play. _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] That was the night I learned how not to play. _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] That was _
_ [F] the night I learned how not [Bb] to pray. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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