Intro – G

(verse 1)
Under the sun, under the moon,
Under the sky midnight blue,
Under the maple under the roof,
I got down on my knees and told the truth

(bridge)
I told Him I was tire of feeling lonely
I could really use my one and only,

(chorus)
Wo oh oh I said a prayer for you baby,
And somehow it got through,
Wo oh oh I said a prayer for you baby,
Now look at you,
Or was it God feeling good that day,
Na na na na na, I’ve heard you get what you prayer for,
Na na na na na, I got more so much more,
She got more then she prayed for, she got more,

(verse 2)
Just down the street Just down the road,
Walking along how could you have known,
It must have been strange a little burning in your soul,
Sorry abut the lightening bolt,

(bridge)
I told him I was tire of being lonely,
I could really use my one and only,

(ending chorus)
Wo oh oh I said a prayer for you baby,
And somehow it got through,
Wo oh oh I said a prayer for you baby,
Now look at you,
Or was it God feeling good that day,
I said a prayer for you baby,
And somehow it got through,
Wo oh oh I said a prayer for you baby,
Now look at you,
Or was it God feeling good that day[(G-F-C)],
Oh ye[(G-F-C)]ah, But who knew what good come true,
I said a prayer for you,

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[Actually in A; capo 2.]
[Each chord is half a measure.]
[The little melody thing in the intro (and elsewhere) is just G and Gsus4;
do it by using your index finger to switch back and forth quickly from
3×0003 to 320013. I marked it in the chords as G.]

G G G G

Looking at you through a misty moonlight, katydids sing like a symphony
Porch swing swaying like a Tenn. lullaby, melody blowing thru the willow tree
What was I s’posed to do, standing there looking at you
D F G G
Lonely boy far from home

Maybe it was Memphis, maybe it was southern summer nights
Am7 C G G
Maybe it was you, maybe it was me, but it sure felt right

Read about you in a Faulkner novel, met you once in a Williams play
Heard about you in a country love song, summer night beauty took my breath away
What was I s’posed to do, standing there looking at you
Lonely boy far from home

Maybe it was Memphis, maybe it was southern summer nights
Maybe it was you, maybe it was me, but it sure felt right
Maybe it was Memphis, maybe it was southern summer nights
Maybe it was you, maybe it was me, but it sure felt right

[Guitar solo, same chords as chorus; see tab at end]

Every night now since I’ve been back home, lie awake drifting in my memory
Think about you on my mama’s front porch swing, talking that way, so soft to me
What was I s’posed to do, standing there looking at you
Lonely boy so far from home

Maybe it was Memphis, maybe it was southern summer nights
Maybe it was you, maybe it was me, but it sure felt right
Maybe it was Memphis, maybe it was southern summer nights
Maybe it was you, maybe it was me, but it sure felt right
Am7 C G G
Maybe it was you, maybe it was me, but it sure felt right
G C/G G G
Ohhh, you know it sure felt right
G C/G G G
Oh, maybe it was Memphis
G C/G G G
Maybe it was Memphis
G C/G G G
Maybe it was Memphis
G C G G G C G G
Maybe it was Memphis But it sure felt right [repeat/fade]

GUITAR SOLO TAB:

It’s probably actually played in A with no capo, but I find it easier in G.
(I got this by translating some piano sheet music into tablature.)
“tri” denotes sixteenth-note triplets. “triplets” are eighth triplets.
The marks below the tab lines are timing; they’re mostly accurate.
An equal sign () is a hammer-on or pull-off. When there wasn’t room for
the marker, I put the numbers and equal signs in parentheses below the tab.
I did that so that 10 wouldn’t be confused with the number 10 (ten).

E ----------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B ----------|--------------------------------|--------tri---------10---------|
G 2-4---2-0-|2---0-----------------2---4-2-0-|2---4---020---0---------------20|
D ----------|--2-----------------------------|------------2-------------------|
A ----------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E ----------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^
(020) (20)

E ----------------0---------------|----------3-----7-7-7-7-87-5---|
B --------10-------------3---10-|10-----------7---------------8-|
G 0-------------20----------------|----20-4---4-------------------|
D --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
(20)

E 5--------------57---------10-10-|12--108--------15---------------15|
B --5-8-------------------triplets|--------10-12-13--------1012-13---|
G --------------------------------|--------triplets-------------------|
D --------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A --------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E --------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

E -----------------------8-----7-----|--------------------------------|
B 13--1312-10--10-----8-------------|8-------------------------------|
G ------------12--12-9---------------|--------------------------------|
D -----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A -----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E -----------------------------------|--------------------------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

Intro: C F C F

Mary was married with children
Had the perfect suburban life
Till her husband came clean with the help of Jim Beam
And confessed all his sins in one night
Said he’d fallen in love with a barmaid
Said she made him free reckless and young
When he was through, what else could she do
She just let that pony run

~Chorus~

‘Cause you do what you gotta do
And you know what you know
You hang on till you can’t hang on
Then you learn to let go
And you get what you need sometimes
When it’s all said and done
You do what you gotta do
Then you let that pony run

Mary moved to West Virginia
After the shock wore off
She got a divorce and a chestnut horse
And a barn with an old hayloft
Sometimes she rides down by the river
Says it makes her feel reckless and young
She just closes her eyes and she holds on tight
And she lets that pony run

~Chorus~

‘Cause you do what you gotta do
And you know what you know
You hang on till you can’t hang on
Then you learn to let go
And you get what you need sometimes
When it’s all said and done
You do what you gotta do
Then you let that pony run
F G C…..F C F C
Let that pony run

Intro – G -C – D – G – C – D

(verse 1)

We gave the day up to a hot back road
And let it take us out of town
To a spot down by the river
To watch the sun go down
We must have sat and talked for hours
Not giving in to the night
And that day I saw the sunset
In a whole new light

(chorus)
Now the stars came out like diamonds,
On a deep blue satin sky,
He said from where he stood,
Honey you sure look good,
In sunset red and pale moonlight,

(Lead – G – C -D – 2x’s)

(verse 2)
Later we pulled out the blanket
When we felt the evening chill,
Oh and he wrapped his armes around me,
That’s when time stood still,

(chorus)
Now the stars came out like diamonds,
On a deep blue satin sky,
He said from where he stood,
Honey you sure look good,
In sunset red and pale moonlight,
Now the stars came out like diamonds,
On a deep blue satin sky,
He said from where he stood,
Honey you sure look good,
In sunset red and pale moonlight,
In sunset red and pale moonlight,