WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Hank Williams - Help Me Understand Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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A little girl prayed at the close of the day
A7
Cause her daddy had gone far away
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On her little face was a look of despair
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I stood there and listened, and I heard this prayer
[Verse 2]
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My mama says daddy has brought us to shame
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And I'm never no more to mention his name
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Lord take me and lead me and hold to my hand
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Oh heavenly Father help me understand
[Bridge]
(Spoken)
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You know friends I wonder how many homes are broken tonight
D
'n Just how many tears are shed, by some little word of anger
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That never should have been said
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I'd like to tell you a story, of a family I once knew
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We'll call them Mary and William and their little daughter Sue
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Now Mary was just a plain mother and Bill was just a usual dad
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And they had their little family quarrels, like everybody else
G
But neither one really got mad
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Then one day something happened, it was nothing of course
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But one word led to another and the last word led to a divorce
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Now here were two grown up people, who failed to use common sense
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They strengthened their own selfish pride, at little Sue's expense
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You know she didn't ask to be brought to this world
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To drift from pillar to post
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But a divorce never stops to consider the ones it hurts the most
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There's be a lot more honest loving, in this wicked ole world today
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If just a few parted parents, could hear little Sue say:
[Outro]
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Take me and lead me and hold to my hand
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Oh heavenly Father, help me understa-and