[Verse 1 - Capo 4 for original key - key of E - Full drums - but light muted strums] [F] Days ache and nights are long [Am] Two years and still you're not [G] gone Guess I'm still holding on [F] Drag my name through the dirt [Am] Somehow it doesn't hurt [G] though Guess you're still holding on You [Dm] told your friends you want me dead And [Am] said that I did everything [G] wrong And you're not wrong
[Pre-Chorus] Well, [Dm] I'll take all the vitriol But [Am] not the thought of you moving [G] on on on on on on (stop drums)
[Chorus] 'Cause I'm not (drums in) [F] ready To [Am] find out you know how to forg [G] et me I'd rather hear how much you regret [F] me And [Am] pray to God that you never [G] met me Than forget me Oh-ooh-oh, I [F] hate to know I made you cry But [Am] love to know I cross your mind, [G] babe, oh I Even after all it'd still [F] wreck me To [Am] find out you'd know how to for [G] get me Even after all this time [N.C.]
[Verse 2] [F] Days ache and nights are grey [Am] My heart is still your place, [G] babe Guess I still feel the same [F] Know you can't stand my face [Am] Some scars you can't erase, [G] babe Guess you still feel the same
[Pre-Chorus] Well, [Dm] I'll take all the vitriol But [Am] not the thought of you moving [G] on on on on on on (stop drums)
[Chorus] 'Cause I'm not (drums in) [F] ready To [Am] find out you know how to forg [G] et me I'd rather hear how much you regret [F] me And [Am] pray to God that you never [G] met me Than forget me Oh-ooh-oh, I [F] hate to know I made you cry But [Am] love to know I cross your mind, [G] babe, oh I Even after all it'd still [F] wreck me To [Am] find out you'd know how to for [G] get me Even after all this time
[Bridge - Harmonies] [F] I'm not ready to let you forget me, to [Am] let you forget me, to let you for-, oh-ooh-oh [G] I'm not ready to let you forget me, to [G] let you forget me, to let you for-, oh-ooh-oh (Even after all this time) [F] I'm not ready to let you forget me, to [Am] let you forget me, to let you for-, oh-ooh-oh [G] I'm not ready to let you forget me, to [G] let you forget me, to let you for-, oh-ooh-oh
[Chorus - Drums stop] 'Cause I'm not [F] ready To [Am] find out you know how to forg [G] et me I'd rather hear how much you regret [F] me And [Am] pray to God that you never [G] met me N.C. Than forget me Oh-ooh-oh, (drums in) I [F] hate to know I made you cry But [Am] love to know I cross your mind, [G] babe, oh I Even after all it'd still [F] wreck me To [Am] find out you'd know how to for [G] get me N.C. Even after all this time [End]
[Intro - Free time - no drums] [Dm] Life is a [C]mys- [Gm]ter- [Dm]y, everyone must [C]stand [Gm]a [Dm]lone ....I hear you [C/E]call [Gm/Bb - 653333]my [F/A]name [Bb]and it [F] feels [C] like....... [Dm] home
[Chorus - Drums - BPM 111] [F] When you [F] call my name [C] it's like a [C] little [Bb] prayer, I'm down [Bb] on my [F/A] knees, I wanna [F/A] take you [F] there ....In the [F] midnight [C] hour, I can [C] feel your [Bb] power, just [Bb] like a [F/A] prayer, you know I'll [F/A] take you [Bb] there
[Verse - Drums stop] [Bb] I hear your  [F] voice, .....[C] it's like an [Dm] angel sighing, [Bb] I have no [F] choice I hear your [C] voice, [C] feels like flying (C Cadd6 C Csus4) [Bb] ...I close my [F] eyes, .... [C] oh God I [Dm] think I'm falling, [Bb] out of the [F] sky I close my [C] eyes, [C] heaven help me (C Cadd6 C7 Cadd6)
[Chorus - Drums in] [F] When you [F] call my name [C] it's like a [C] little [Bb] prayer, I'm down [Bb] on my [F/A] knees, I wanna [F/A] take you [F] there ....In the [F] midnight [C] hour, I can [C] feel your [Bb] power, just [Bb] like a [F/A] prayer, you know I'll [F/A] take you [Bb] there
[Verse - Drums stop] [Bb] Like a [F] child, [C] you whisper [Dm] softly to me, [Bb] you're in con [F] trol just like a [C] child, [C] now I'm dancing [Bb] It's like a [F] dream, [C] no end and [Dm] no beginning, [Bb] you're here with [F] me it's like a [C] dream [C] let the choir sing (C Cadd6 C7 Cadd6)
[Chorus - Drums in] [F] When you [F] call my name [C] it's like a [C] little [Bb] prayer, I'm down [Bb] on my [F/A] knees, I wanna [F/A] take you [F] there ....In the [F] midnight [C] hour, I can [C] feel your [Bb] power, just [Bb] like a [F/A] prayer, you know I'll [F/A] take you
[F] there - When you [F] call my name [C] it's like a [C] little [Bb] prayer, I'm down [Bb] on my [F/A] knees, I wanna [F/A] take you [F] there ....In the [F] midnight [C] hour, I can [C] feel your [Bb] power, just [Bb] like a [F/A] prayer, you know I'll [F/A] take you [Bb]
[Bridge] [Dm][C/D - x5555x][Dm][C/D] there ah-ah---------ah-ah-ah-ah
[Outro] [Dm] Life is a [C] mys- [Gm] ter- [Dm] y, everyone must [C] stand [Gm] a [Dm] lone ... I hear you [C/E] call [Gm/Bb] my [F/A] name, [Bb] and it [F] feels [C] like, [Dm] home Just like a prayer, [C/D] your voice can take me there [Dm] Just like a muse to m [C/D] e, you are a mystery, [Dm] just like a dream, [C/E] you are not [Gm/Bb] what you seem [F/A] Just [Bb] like a prayer, no [C] choice your voice can take me [F] there
[Big Gospel bit] [F] Just like a prayer, I'll [C] take you there, [Bb] it's like a [Bb] dream to [F/A] me [Dm] [F] Just like a prayer, I'll [C] take you there, [Bb] it's like a [Bb] dream to [F/A] me [Dm] [F] Just like a prayer, I'll [C] take you there, [Bb] it's like a [Bb] dream to [F/A] me [Dm] [F] Just like a prayer, I'll [C] take you there, [Bb] it's like a [Bb] dream to [F/A] me [Dm]
[Outro] [Dm] Just like prayer, [C/D] your voice can take me there [Dm] Just like a muse to me, [C/D] you are a mystery, [Dm] just like a dream, [C/E] you are not [Gm/Bb] what you [F/A] seem ..Just [Bb] like a prayer, no [C] choice your voice can [C] take me [F] there
[F] Just like a prayer, I'll [C] take you there, [Bb] it's like a [Bb] dream to [F/A] me [Dm] [F] Just like a prayer, I'll [C] take you there, [Bb] it's like a [Bb] dream to [F/A] me [Dm]