The Night I Learned How Not To Pray
Iris DeMent
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Verse 1
G C G I was laying on my belly in the middle of the living room floor Em A Am D I was watching Howdy Doody so I'm guessing it was right around four G C C Em When I saw my baby brother tumbling from the top of the stairs G D G He was lying limp and silent and the blood was trickling through his shiny hair
Verse 2
G C G When my mom saw my little brother she said you better run and get your dad Em A Am D And her voice was high and she was shaking so I knew this was bad G C C Em Well we stood out by the mailbox watching her and dad and brother drive away G D G And I didn't waste no time I got down on my knees right there and I began to pray
Verse 3
G C G Well I prayed into the evening, never even took the time to have a bite Em A Am D I was sure if I prayed hard enough that God would make it right G C G Em We were at the kitchen table long past bedtime when we finally got that call G D G C And I knew that it was over when my sister slammed that phone against the wall
Chorus
G C G That night I learned how not to pray Em A Am D God does what he wants to any way G C And I never did tell my mother, G C I kept it from my sisters and all my brothers G D G C That was the night I learned how not to pray
Instrumental
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Verse 4
G C G It was 41 years later when I took my brothers picture out of that box Em A Am D Hung it on the wall, sat across from him and I began to talk G C G Em When the evening started I didn't know what I was going to say G D G C But before the night was over I told them all about how I learned not to pray
Chorus
G C G That night I learned how not to pray Em A Am D God does what God wants to, don't he any way G C And I never did tell my mother, G C I kept it from my sisters and all my brothers G D G C That was the night I learned how not to pray G D G C That was the night I learned how not to pray, Whoa oh G D G That was the night I learned how not to pray
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