[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]
[BPM 147 - Capo on 1st Fret for original key] [Intro - Just drums and D note ] E -------- B -------- G ------- D ------- A 5----5--- E -------- X--X--X--
[Chorus - Swung] (Bass run with Dm chord) E ----------------------- B ----------------------- G 7----7------7----7----- D 7----7------7----7----- A 5----5---3455----5------ E --------5-------------- X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--
[Dm] she said i love you boy i love your soul she said i love you baby oh oh oh [A] ohh [Dm] she said i love you more than words can say she said i love you bayayayay [A] by
[Straight beat vamp]
[Verse - Beat straightens BxSS xxS - Chords follow snare] [Dm] so i said, what you sayin girl it cant be right [A] How can you be in love with me, we only just met tonight [Dm] so she said.. boy i loved you from the start [A] when i first heard love goes down, something started burning in my heart [F] i said stop this crazy [A] talk [F] and leave right now and close the [A] door
[Chorus - Beat still straight] [Dm] she said but i love you boy i love you so she said i love you baby oh oh oh [A] oh [Dm] she said i love you more than words can say she said i love you bayayayay [A] by (yes you did)
[Rap - beat straight] [Straight beat vamp]
[Dm] so now I'm up in the courts pleading my case in a witness box telling the judge and jury the same thing that i said to the cops
[A] on the day that i got arrested im innocent I protested she just feels rejected had her heart broken by someone she's obsessed with
[Dm] she likes sound on my music she makes out a fan of my music thats why "love goes down" makes her lose it cos she cant seperate the man from the music
[A] and im saying all this from the stand while my girl cries tears from the galleries this got bigger than i ever could have planned like that song by the Zutons "Valerie"
[F] so the jury dont look like their buying it and shes making me nervous
[A] arms crossed, screwed faced like im trying it their eyes fixed on me like im murderous
[F] they wanna lock me up and throw away the key
[A] they wanna send me down even though i told them she..
[Drums SSSS SSSS SSSS SSS with A - then back to swing for a bit]
[Chorusm - Still swung - BxSS xxS] [Dm] she said i love you boy i love your soul she said i love you baby oh oh oh oh [A] (drums straighten out) - yes you did [Dm] she said i love you more than words can say she said i love you bayayayay [A] by so i said why the hell you gotta treat me this way (stop drums) [Dm] you don't know what love is you wouldn't do this if you [A] did oh no no no noo [Dm - strum fast and light to end]