Pray To Jesus Chords

KeyD Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays511

Pray To Jesus by Brandy Clark is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords D, G, A, G6 and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D 
We live in trailers and apartments too  
D 
From California to Kalamazoo 
G                                        
Grow up get married and when that one ends  
D 
We hate sleeping alone so we get married again 
A 
Don’t wanna be buried in debt or in sin 
D 
So we pray to Jesus and we play the lotto 
D 
Cause there ain’t but two ways 
D 
We can change tomorrow 
A 
And there ain’t no genie 
A 
And there ain’t no bottle 
D 
So we pray to Jesus and we play the lotto 

D 
We love to complain about what we can’t fix 
D 
Mostly mothers in law traffic and politics 
G 
We tell our kids how hard it was back when 
D 
Same way our parents did to us back then 
A 
Thought we’d be different but we’re just like them 
D 
Yeah we pray to Jesus and we play the lotto 
D 
Cause there ain’t but two ways 
D 
We can change tomorrow 
G   A 
And there ain’t no genie 
A 
And there ain’t no bottle 
G6    D 
So we pray to Jesus and we play the lotto  

 BRIDGE D  G  D  G A  A7  D 

D 
We load our kids up in our new used car 
D 
And after church we hit the mini mart 
G 
Behind the counter up there on the wall 
D 
It reads 200 million on the power ball 
A 
Six little numbers that could change it all 
D 
So we pray to Jesus and we play the lotto 
D 
Cause there ain’t but two ways 
D 
We can change tomorrow 
A 
And there ain’t no genie 
A 
And there ain’t no bottle 
D 
So we pray to Jesus and we play the lotto 
D 
Like a bumpersticker, like a poor man’s model 
G6  A 
Times are troubled and time is borrowed 
D 
So we pray to Jesus and we play the lotto 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante