Broken Prayers Chords

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Broken Prayers by Riley Clemmons is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Em and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G 
I've been taught how to talk to You 
       C 
Hold it together 
Make the bad look better 
Say all the words that I'm supposed to 
      G 
Bow my head, say Amen 
Yeah, that'll do 
                      C 
Making every dead-end look like heaven 
Like being okay is the way to reach You 
Em 
But You're not afraid of all the things I feel 
D 
So why am I afraid of being real? 

                      G 
You want my tears, every messy word 
                                     C 
Every scar and every fear 
You want all I have 
With no holding back 
    Em 
When I'm hurt, at my worst 
                       D 
You meet me there 
                    C 
'Cause You see the beauty 
                            G 
In my broken prayers! 
                               C 
In my broken prayers! 

              G 
You don't care if it ain't poetry 
                           C 
'Cause all of my edges 
They are a little rough 
But that's all I got to bring 

D                                                                C 
'Cause You're not afraid of all the things I feel 
D                                                                C 
Don't have to hide the scars that still aren't healed 

                  G 
You want my tears, every messy word 
                             C 
Every scar and every fear 
You want all I have 
With no holding back 
                 Em             D 
When I'm hurt, at my worst 
                       C 
You meet me there 
'Cause You see the beauty 
                           G 
In my broken prayers! 
                          C 
In my broken prayers! 

  G 
Mascara running down my face 
Desperate cry in a dark place 
 C 
You take me that way 
All of me 

                       G 
You want my tears, every messy word 
                                      C 
Every scar and every fear 
You want all I have 
With no holding back 
         Em 
When I'm hurt, at my worst 
                D 
You meet me there 
C 
'Cause You see the beauty 
                            G 
In my broken prayers! 
                            
                           C 
In my broken prayers! 
                           G 
In my broken prayers 
    	

Chord diagrams

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