I Pray Chords by Wyclef Jean

Tempo:
119.8 bpm
Chords used:

D

A

F#m

E

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Wyclef Jean - I Pray chords
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[D] [A]
[E] [F#m] [D]
[A] [E] I'm trying to [F#m] figure this thing out.
This [D] thing not working.
[A] Man.
[E]
[F#m] [D] What's [A] wrong with this light, bro?
[E] [F#m] I can't get that.
[D] I was telling [A] him.
Where's your [E] boy going, man?
[F#m] There up on the block.
[D] Where am I at [A] exactly, bro?
East side of [E] there.
First Avenue.
[F#m] First [D] Avenue?
Yeah, man.
Everything [A] good.
There's [E] something about [F#m] it.
Man, I don't know.
[D] I keep putting it on like second or [A] third.
It's not right.
We [E] know how to fix it.
[F#m] Right.
[D] You know what?
This is [A] giving me a deja vu like I'm in [E] the Charlottesville.
[F#m] These the brothers here, [D] man?
[A] Alright.
Say what's up [E] to your brothers, man.
[F#m] Yeah.
[D] Alright.
Cool.
[E] [F#m]
[D] [A] [E] Charlie, Charlie.
[F#m] Yes.
[D] Family.
Okay.
[A] Cool.
So, I mean, I'm just [E] going to invite out a [F#m] beer or something.
I'm just chilling and [D] relaxing with y'all, man.
[A] So, who's going to fix the bike?
[E] [F#m] How are y'all doing, man?
Everything [D] nice?
[A] [E] So, let me hold a vibe right [F#m] here.
[D] [A]
[E] [F#m] [D]
[A] [E] [F#m]
[D] [A] [E]
[F#m] [D] [A]
[E] [F#m] [D]
[A] And my brother put you on [E] time.
[F#m] So, come on.
[D] Yeah.
[A] Oh, [E] I'm going to do this one before my [F#m] homies gone.
The judge [D] hit the hammer, then he [A] coming home.
We [B] all are from the danger [F#m] zone.
The [D] devil put the card and he said [A] choose wild.
I chose [B] music.
My homies [F#m] chose J.
[D] Some of my brothers chose the NBA.
[A] [E] Cousin from the block, man.
The [F#m] gang bang, gang bang.
[D] Funeral parlors making [A] all that change.
Yo, [E] when my cousin got [F#m] his first pack.
I was [D] playing Jimi Hendrix in the [A] basement.
[E] All I wanted to be was a [F#m] rap star.
And all [D] he wanted to be was [A] an Escobar.
[E] El Chapo, [F#m] El Chapo.
All he [D] wanted to be was an [A] Escobar.
[E] El Chapo, [F#m] El [D] Chapo.
[A] Gone to [B] November, he ain't [F#m] coming back.
I was talking [D] about my homies, man, that's so [A] crack.
Going in the [E] trap, hit from the back, they hit the [F#m] steel.
Like the [D] hour boy that's hitting on the [A] dollar bill.
Welcome to the rotten [E] apple.
The [F#m] city of lights, no matter how [D] days shine it can't steal the [A] lights.
Cuz when the ghost knock, [E] knock, just before [F#m] you get spread out into your chest.
[D] The eagle ray, the cuckoo's [A] nest.
Head of me with the artillery [E] pack that be jumping like Jack when they jump on the [D] bike.
Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat.
Let me fly you through the air like a [A] paper bag.
Strip on the back.
When they [E] attacking the middle of the night when you up in the trap.
[F#m] I'm [D]
[A] going to do [E] this one for my [F#m] homie.
The judge [D] ain't coming [A] home now.
[E] We all are from the danger [F#m] zone.
The [D] devil pulled the card and he said [A] choose one.
I chose [E] music, my homies [F#m] chose yay.
[D] Some of my brothers chose the [A] NBA.
Cause I was on [E] that block when they [F#m] gang bangin'.
[D] Funeral parlors making [A] all that change.
[E] Yo, when my cousin got his first [F#m] tech, I was [D] playing Mr.
Molly in the [A] business.
All I [E] wanted to be was a [F#m] rock star.
And all [D] he wanted to be was an [A] Escobar.
[E] [F#m] Echavon, Echavon.
All he [D] wanted to be was an [A] Escobar.
[E] Echavon, [F#m] Echavon.
[D] All he wanted to be was an [A] Escobar.
[E] [F#m] [D] Father, Father, [A] [E] Father.
[F#m]
[D] [A] Spirit, [E]
[F#m] [D] [A]
[E] Spirit.
[F#m] [D] How about we tell them again.
[A] [E] When my cousin got his [F#m] first tech, I was playing [D] Jimmy Hendrix in the [A] NBA.
All [E] I wanted to be was a rock [F#m] star.
And [D] all he wanted to be was an [A] Escobar.
[E] [F#m] Echavon, Echavon.
All he [D] wanted to be was an [A] Escobar.
[E] [F#m] Echavon, Echavon.
All he wanted [D] to be was an [A] Escobar.
Yeah, [E] white classic.
[F#m] All [D] he wanted to be was an Escobar.
[A] I pray.
[E] [F#m] I wanna talk to the [D] ghetto youth and see.
[A] [E] All my studs [F#m] got put away.
Chinaman, [A] Ninja [E] Man, Bob [F#m] Carter.
[D] They pray until they hear.
[A] [E] [N]
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To learn Wyclef Jean - I Pray chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: F#m, D, A, F#m, E, F#m and A. Kick off your practice at a gentle 45 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 90 BPM. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of A Major.

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_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ I'm trying to [F#m] figure this thing out.
This [D] thing not working.
[A] _ Man.
[E] _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [D] _ What's [A] wrong with this light, bro? _
[E] _ [F#m] I can't get that.
_ [D] I was telling [A] him.
Where's your [E] boy going, man?
[F#m] There up on the block.
[D] Where am I at [A] exactly, bro?
East side of [E] there.
First Avenue.
[F#m] First [D] Avenue?
Yeah, man.
Everything [A] good.
There's [E] something about [F#m] it.
Man, I don't know.
[D] I keep putting it on like second or [A] third.
It's not right.
We [E] know how to fix it.
[F#m] Right. _
[D] You know what?
This is [A] giving me a deja vu like I'm in [E] the Charlottesville.
[F#m] These the brothers here, [D] man?
_ _ [A] Alright.
Say what's up [E] to your brothers, man.
[F#m] Yeah.
_ [D] Alright.
Cool.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] Charlie, Charlie.
[F#m] Yes.
[D] Family.
Okay.
[A] Cool.
So, I mean, I'm just [E] going to invite out a [F#m] beer or something.
I'm just chilling and [D] relaxing with y'all, man.
[A] So, who's going to fix the bike?
[E] _ _ [F#m] How are y'all doing, man?
Everything [D] nice?
_ [A] _ _ [E] So, let me hold a vibe right [F#m] here.
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] And my brother put you on [E] time.
[F#m] So, come on.
[D] Yeah.
_ _ [A] Oh, [E] I'm going to do this one before my [F#m] homies gone.
The judge [D] hit the hammer, then he [A] coming home.
We [B] all are from the danger [F#m] zone.
The [D] devil put the card and he said [A] choose wild.
I chose [B] music.
My homies [F#m] chose J. _
[D] Some of my brothers chose the NBA.
[A] _ [E] Cousin from the block, man.
The [F#m] gang bang, gang bang.
[D] Funeral parlors making [A] all that change.
Yo, [E] when my cousin got [F#m] his first pack.
I was [D] playing Jimi Hendrix in the [A] basement.
[E] All I wanted to be was a [F#m] rap star.
And all [D] he wanted to be was [A] an Escobar.
[E] El Chapo, _ [F#m] El Chapo.
All he [D] wanted to be was an [A] Escobar.
[E] El Chapo, [F#m] El _ [D] Chapo. _ _
[A] _ Gone to [B] November, he ain't [F#m] coming back.
I was talking [D] about my homies, man, that's so [A] crack.
Going in the [E] trap, hit from the back, they hit the [F#m] steel.
Like the [D] hour boy that's hitting on the [A] dollar bill.
Welcome to the rotten [E] apple.
The [F#m] city of lights, no matter how [D] days shine it can't steal the [A] lights.
Cuz when the ghost knock, [E] knock, just before [F#m] you get spread out into your chest.
[D] The eagle ray, the cuckoo's [A] nest.
Head of me with the artillery [E] pack that be jumping like Jack when they jump on the [D] bike.
Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat.
Let me fly you through the air like a [A] paper bag.
Strip on the back.
When they [E] attacking the middle of the night when you up in the trap.
[F#m] I'm _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ going to do [E] this one for my [F#m] homie.
The judge [D] ain't coming [A] home now.
[E] We all are from the danger [F#m] zone.
The [D] devil pulled the card and he said [A] choose one.
I chose [E] music, my homies [F#m] chose yay.
[D] Some of my brothers chose the [A] NBA.
Cause I was on [E] that block when they [F#m] gang bangin'.
[D] Funeral parlors making [A] all that change.
[E] Yo, when my cousin got his first [F#m] tech, I was [D] playing Mr.
Molly in the [A] business.
All I [E] wanted to be was a [F#m] rock star.
And all [D] he wanted to be was an [A] Escobar.
_ _ [E] _ [F#m] Echavon, Echavon.
All he [D] wanted to be was an [A] Escobar.
_ [E] _ Echavon, [F#m] Echavon.
[D] All he wanted to be was an [A] Escobar. _ _
[E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] Father, Father, [A] _ _ [E] _ Father.
[F#m] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ Spirit, [E] _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] Spirit.
[F#m] _ _ [D] How about we tell them again.
[A] _ [E] When my cousin got his [F#m] first tech, I was playing [D] Jimmy Hendrix in the [A] NBA.
All [E] I wanted to be was a rock [F#m] star.
And [D] all he wanted to be was an [A] Escobar. _ _
[E] _ [F#m] Echavon, Echavon.
All he [D] wanted to be was an [A] Escobar.
_ [E] _ _ [F#m] Echavon, Echavon.
All he wanted [D] to be was an [A] Escobar.
Yeah, [E] white classic.
[F#m] All [D] he wanted to be was an Escobar.
[A] I pray. _
[E] _ [F#m] I wanna talk to the [D] ghetto youth and see.
[A] _ _ [E] All my studs [F#m] got put away.
Chinaman, _ [A] _ Ninja [E] Man, Bob [F#m] Carter.
[D] They pray until they hear.
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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