[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]
[RIFF 1] E --------------------------------------- B --------------------------------------- G --XXXX-XXX7-X77X-XXX7 X77X XXX7 X77X D --------------------------------------- A --------------------------------------- D --------------------------------------- DR-------B----B----B----S---------------- (not played but shows where beat is)
[RIFF 2] Drums in (start on snare) E ---------X---------------9-------------------------------------------- B ---------7-------10--------------------------10------------10--------10 G ---------7---7---------7-----------------7-------7------77-------7---- D ---------7------------------------------------------------------------ A ---------X------------------------------------------------------------ D ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DR-S-------B-------B-------B-------S-------B-------B-------B-------S----
After 3 times around B B B S play Drum fill (DF)--1---2---3---4--- repeats every 4th bar ----------------B--SB-B-B-B-S (Some times fill is just a double on final B (DF2) B B BBS
[VERSE RIFF] - PLAY DROP D - PLAY G CHORD WITH HIGH A ON E STRING SO GET THAT DRONING AFFECT E ------------------------------------- B ---------------10----1010--10----10-- G ---------------7-----7-7---7-----7--- D ---------------7-----7-7---7-----7--- A -------X---X------------------------- D -------0---0------------------------- DR-------B-------B-------B-------S---
[VERSE RIFF 2 - EASIEST PATTERN] - PLAY DROP D - PLAY G CHORD WITH HIGH A ON E STRING SO GET THAT DRONING AFFECT E ------------------------------------- B -------10----10X-X-10-----1010-10------- G -------7-----7-X-X-7------7-7--7----- D -------7-----7-X-X-7------7-7--7------- A -------X----------------------------- D -------0---------------------------- DR-------B-------B-------B-------S--- ---------D----U--D-U-D-----U--D--D (Strum direction - Up, Down)
[INTRO - RIFF 1 AND RIFF 2 - Drum fill (DF) at end]
[VERSE 1 - RIFF 2 WITH SECOND HALF REPEATED OF RIFF PLAYED 3 TIMES - G = 500005] I have [D] climbed highest [D] mountains, I have [D] run throug [D] h the fields (DF) Only to [G] be with you, only to [D] be with you (DF) I have [D] run, I have [D] crawled, I have [D] scaled these cit [D] y walls, These city [G] walls, only to [D] be with you. (DF2)
[CHORUS 1 - A x07650 G - 500005] But I [A] still haven't [G] found what I'm [D] looking for, (Off beat on snare) But I [A] still haven't [G] found what I'm [D] looking for. (DF) [VERSE 2]
I have [D] kissed honey [D] lips, felt the [D] healing fing [D] ertips It burned like [G] fire, this burning de [D] sire. (DF) I have [D] spoke with the tongue of [D] angels, I have [D] held the hand of th [D] e devil (DF) It was warm in the [G] night, I was cold as a [D] stone. (DF2) [CHORUS 2] But I [A] still haven't [G] found what I'm [D] looking for, (DF) But I [A] still haven't [G] found what I'm [D] looking for. (DF2)
[INST. BREAK] D x 4 - play sus4 line (play 0077710 and 0077810) 1 2 3 (&4&1) - remember snare on $ D X 2 G x 2 D x 2 (DF2)
[VERSE 3] I be [D] lieve in Kingdom [D] Come, then all the [D] colors will bleed into [D] one, (DF) Bleed into [G] one, but yes I'm still [D] running. (DF) You broke the [D] bonds and loosed the [D] chains, Carried the [D] cross, of my [D] shame, (DF) of my [G] shame... you know I believe [D] it. (DF)
[CHORUS 3] But I [A] still haven't [G] found what I'm [D] looking for, But I [A] still haven't [G] found what I'm [D] looking for. But I [A] still haven't [G] found what I'm [D] looking for, But I [A] still haven't [G] found what I'm [D] looking for.