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Unanswered Prayers
Recorded by Garth Brooks
Written by Pat Alger, Larry Bastian, Garth Brooks

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Just the other night at a hometown football game
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My wife and I ran into my old high school flame
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And as I introduced them the past came back to me
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And I couldn't help but think of the way things used to be

C                        F
She was the one that I'd wanted for all times
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And each night I'd spend prayin' that God would make her mine
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And if he'd only grant me this wish I wished back then
    Dm            Em       G
I'd never ask for anything again
 
                  C   Em    F          G
Sometimes I thank God   for unanswered prayers
  C                  Am             Dm    G
Remember when you're talkin' to the Man upstairs
         C                  Em             F             D7
And just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care
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Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers

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She wasn't quite the angel that I remembered in my dreams
            C                  Am
And I could tell that time had changed me
   Dm              G
In her eyes too it seemed
            F              Em
We tried to talk about the old days
             Am              F
There wasn't much we could recall
            Dm                   Em          G
I guess the Lord knows what he's doin' after all

    F                    Em           Am
And as she walked away I looked at my wife
             Dm                  Em
And then and there I thanked the good Lord
        F           G
For the gifts in my life
 
                  C   Em    F          G
Sometimes I thank God   for unanswered prayers
  C                  Am             Dm    G
Remember when you're talkin' to the Man upstairs
          C                  Em             F             D7
That just because he may not answer doesn't mean he don't care
        C              Am    Dm    G
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered
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Some of God's greatest gifts are all too often unanswered
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Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers

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