[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]
[Intro BPM 111 - use sock and put some licks in] Vamp Pattern - AxAx x(55555)xA xxAx x(55555)xA Effectively - hammer onto A at 5th fret from full barre of all 5th frets hammer onto D from C/D
[Verse 1] [A] Well, I swear your perfume baby [A] Is made out of turnip greens [A] Every time I kiss you girl [A] It tastes like pork and beans [D] Even though you're wearin' those [D] Up-town high heels [A] I can tell from your giant step [A] You been walkin' through the cotton fields [E] you'reeeeeeeeeee ........................ You're soo [D] ooo down (stop - no snare or chord - slide up vocal) .......... [A] home [A] girl
[Verse 2] [A] Every time you monkey child [A] Takes my breath away (Double at 3rd I think) [A] Well, every time you move like that, girl [A] I got to get down and pray [D] Girl, you know that dress you're wearin' [D] Is made out of fiberglass [A] Every time you move like that, girl [A] I got to go to Sunday Mass [E] you'reeeeeeeeeee ........................ You're soo [D] ooo down (stop - no snare or chord - slide up vocal) .......... [A] home [A] girl
[Solo - Harp] Verse chords A A A A - D D A A Finish with [E] you'reeeeeeeeeee ........................ You're soo [D] ooo (stop - snare + D) down (stop - no snare or chord - slide up vocal) .......... [A] home [A] girl
[Verse 3] [A] I'm gonna take you to the muddy river [A] And push you in (Double at 3rd I think) [A] So I can watch the water roll on [A] Down your velvet skin [D] I'm gonna take you down to New Orleans [D] Down in ......Dix ie....... la.....and [A] So I can watch you do the second line - with an [A] Umbrella in your hand [E] you'reeeeeeeeeee ........................ You're soo [D] ooo down (stop - no snare or chord - slide up vocal) .......... [A] home [A] girl
Verse chords A A G A A G A A G AAGA (snare on last 4)
