Tom Ames' Prayer - Steve Earle Chords
Chords: G, D, Em, C
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G
Everyone in Nagadoches knew Tom Ames
D
would come to some bad end,
Em C
Cause the sheriff had caught him stealing chickens and such from the
G D G
time that he was ten.
G
One day his daddy took a 10-dollar bill
D
and he tucked it in his hand,
Em C
He said I know you're headed for trouble son,
G D G
your mama wouldn't understand.
G
So he took his dad's money and his brother's old bay
D
and he left without a word of thanks,
Em C
Fell in with this crowd in a border town
G D G
and he took to robbin' banks.
G
Outside the law his luck a-run out fast,
D
a few years came and went;
Em C
Til he was trapped up in an alley in Abilene
G D G
with all but four shells spent.
G
And he realized then that prayin' was the only thing
D
he hadn't ever tried;
Em C
He didn't know quite how to do it
G D G
but he looked up to the sky.
G
He said "You don't owe me nothin and as far as I know, Lord
D
I don't owe nothin' to you
Em C
I ain't askin for a miracle Lord
G D G
a little bit of luck will do.
G
You know I ain't never prayed before
D
cause it always seemed to me
Em C
that prayin was just like beggin'
G D G
and I don't take charity.
Em C G D Em C G D G
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G
Lord, I've had some breaks in my life
D
as you already know
Em C
I've had some help from the good lord and the devil himself's
G D G
been strictly touch and go.
G
Right here now with my back to the wall
D
I can't help but recall
Em C
how they nearly hung me for stealin' a horse
G D G
in Ft. Smith, Arkansas
G
Judge Parker said guilty and his gavel came down
D
just like a cannon shot
Em C
I went away quietly
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