Unanswered Prayers Chords by Country Studio Crew

[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ [D] Just the other night at [G] a hometown football game,
[D] My [A] wife and I [Bm] ran [D] into [Em] my old high [A] school flame.
[G] And as I [F#m] introduced them, [Bm] the past [A] came back to [G] me,
[F#m] And [Em] I couldn't help [D] but think of [G] the way things used [A] to be.
_ _ [D] She was the one [G] that I had wanted for all time,
[D] And each [A] night I'd [Bm] spend [D] praying [Em] that God would make her [A] mine.
[G] And if he'd only [F#m] grant me [Bm] this wish [A] I'd wish [G] back then,
[F#m] [Em] I'd never ask [D] for anything again.
_ _ [A] _ _ Sometimes I [D] thank God _ [G] for unanswered [D] [A] prayers.
[D] Remember [A] when you're [Bm] talking [A] [Em] to the man [A] upstairs,
That just [D] because he doesn't answer [G] doesn't mean he don't [E] care.
_ [D] Some of God's greatest [C#] gifts [Bm] _ [Em] are [A] unanswered [D] prayers.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] She wasn't quite the angel [G] that I remembered in my dreams,
[D] And I could tell [A] the time [Bm] had changed [D] me [Em] in her eyes to it [A] seemed.
We [G] tried to talk about [F#m] the old days, there [Bm] wasn't much [A] we could [G] recall.
[F#] I [E] guess the Lord [D] knows what he's doing after _ all.
_ [A] _ _ _ [F#m]
[G] And as she walked away, [F#m] I looked [Bm] at my wife,
[E] And in there [D] I thanked the good Lord [G] for the gifts in my [D] _
life.
_ [A] _ Sometimes [C#] I [D] thank God _ [G] for unanswered [A] prayers.
[D] Remember [A] when you're [Bm] talking [D] [Em] to the man [A] upstairs,
That just [D] because he may not answer [G] doesn't mean he don't [E] care.
[Bm] _ [D]
Some of God's greatest [Bm] gifts _ [Em] are [A] unanswered.
[D] Some of God's greatest [C#] gifts [Bm] are [Em] all too often [A] unanswered.
[D] Some of God's greatest [Bm] gifts _ [Em] are [A] unanswered [D] prayers.
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