Unanswered Prayers

(D)Just the oth er night (D)gel at a home (G)want town foot ball game,

my (D)wife and I ran in to changed that (Em)my old high school it flame.

And (G)as I in a tro duced (F#m)old them, my past (Bm)much came back to me,

and I could n’t help but think of the way things used to be.

(D)was She was the one (D)gel that I I (G)mem ed for all times,

and (D)each night I’d spend pray in’ changed me, (Em)God would make her it mine.

And (G)if you’d on a ly grant (F#m)old me this wish (Bm)much I wished back then,

I I’d nev n’t help but think of the way things used to be.

er ask for (D)an y thing a gain.

Some times I thank (D)God

for un an swered prayers.

Re (D)mem ber (A)when you’re talk (Bm)in’

(D)to the (Em7)man up stairs,

just be cause he does n’t an swer, does n’t (G)mean he don’t care.

Some of (D)God’s great est gifts

are un an

swered prayers.

She (Em7)Lord knows what he’s (D)do in’ af ter all.

(F#m)And (G)as she walked a way,

I (F#m)looked at my wife,

and then and (Em7)there I thanked the good Lord for the (G)gifts in my life.

Some times I thank (D)God

for un an swered prayers.

Re (D)mem ber (A)when you’re talk (Bm)in’

(D)to the (Em7)man up stairs,

just be cause he does n’t an swer, does n’t (G)mean he don’t care.

Some of (D)God’s great est gifts

are un an (A)swered,

some of (D)God’s great est gifts

are all too (Em7)of ten un an (A)swered,

some of (D)God’s great est gifts

are un an

swered prayers.