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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini
Date: July 25, 2003
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Note: vamp means strum a rythm. n.c. means play no chord
PRAY FOR THE FISH Randy Travis
Intro chords B A E F# Listen to recording for timing
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The first verse guitar is just B, it's the bass guitar that makes it
sound like chord changes. But not everybody has a bass player so
the chords in ( ) can be played.
B vamp (A) (E) (B) (A) (E)
Everybody gathered where the river runs wider at the edge of town
B vamp (A) (E) (D) (A) (E)
To see if that Eddy Lee Vaughn bap-tism was really gonna go down
B vamp (A) (E) (B) (A) (E)
Folks bet hard-earned money that water wouldn't change a thing
B vamp (A) (E) (B)
They set the odds at a hundred to one his soul would never come clean
F# F# F# F# F# F#
Then the preacher said people take a moment or two
n.c.
There's something we need to do
CHORUS:
N.C. B A
Pray for the fish they won't know what's coming
E A Ab F#
When the sins start rollin' off the likes of him
B A E B
Lord be with em they ain't done nothin' Please won't you leave em
A E F# n.c. B A E B A E
Just a little bit of room to swim Pray for the fish
B A E B A E
Well the preacher ducked him under that cool clear water then he did it again
B A E B A E
Eddy came up yelling Lord in Heaven Hallelu-jah I'm a brand new man
B A
Well the water got to bubblin the sky got to rumblin
E B B
and the thunder backed up the choir The fish started jumpin
A E B
it was like they were swimmin in a lake of fire
F# F# F# F# F# F#
Then Eddy's mamma stepped out of the crowd
and started yellin out loud
to chorus
ENDING:
E F#
He said everybody cross your fingers and fold your hands
E F#
Pray for old Eddy but before we say A-men
n.c. B
Pray for the fish (pause to pray)
B A E B
Lord be with em they ain't done nothin' Please won't you leave em
A E F# n.c. B A E B
Just a little bit of room to swim Pray for the fish
A E B A E B A
Lord Pray for the fish
