Praying Chords by The Louvin Brothers

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_ Praying, _ _ _ _ _ praying for someone [Ab] like _ _ me.
_ Not long ago I [Db] was thinking [Ab] of home, _
_ And [Eb] I wondered if Mama was [Ab] there all alone. _ _
I thought I'd drop by [Db] as I'd [Ab] done _ before, _
But [Eb] the sound from within made me stop at [Ab] the [Eb] _ [Ab] door.
She was _ praying, _ _ _ _ a sound that the world [Eb] seldom _ _ hears. _ _ _ _
_ Praying, _ _ _ her words were beating [Ab] and clear. _
_ [Db] The sound of her voice [Ab] as she spoke my name
[Db] Brought tears to my eyes, [Ab] my heart filled [Eb] with _ shame. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ Praying, _ praying for [Ab] someone like me.
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_ [Ab] _ I was _ walking one night [Db] and I felt so [Ab] alone. _
_ _ _ [Eb] My heart was weary from the trouble [Ab] I'd known.
_ _ _ I hadn't [Db] noticed a church that [Ab] was _ near.
_ [Eb] Till the sound from within seemed to fill [Ab] the air. _
[G] They [Ab] were _ _ praying, _ _ _ a sound that the world [Eb] seldom _ _ _ hears. _
_ _ Praying, [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _
the children that God [Ab] loves so _ dear.
_ _ [Db] _ Outside in the darkness [Ab] I could not see,
[Db] But I could picture [Ab] them down [Eb] on their _ _ knees. _
_ _ _ Praying, _ _ _ _ _ praying for someone [Ab]
like me. _ _ _ _ _ _
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