{"id":28469,"date":"2026-01-06T00:07:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=28469"},"modified":"2026-01-06T00:07:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:07:32","slug":"unanswered-prayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/unanswered-prayers\/","title":{"rendered":"Unanswered Prayers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Garth Brooks<\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-size: 13px;\" class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\">[Intro]\r\n<span data-name=\"Em\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Dm<\/span>   <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>      <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>   <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n<span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>                          <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>\r\nJust the other night at a hometown football game\r\n   <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>       <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>       <span data-name=\"Bm\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Am<\/span> <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span> <span data-name=\"Em\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Dm<\/span>                 <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nMy wife and I ran into my old high school flame\r\n    <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>          <span data-name=\"F#m\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Em<\/span>            <span data-name=\"Bm\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Am<\/span>         <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>      <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>\r\nAnd as I introduced them the past came back to me\r\n      <span data-name=\"Em\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Dm<\/span>                <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>             <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>                  <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nAnd I couldn't help but think of the way things used to be\r\n \r\n<span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>                        <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>\r\nShe was the one that I'd wanted for all times\r\n    <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>          <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>          <span data-name=\"Bm\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Am<\/span>   <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>       <span data-name=\"Em\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Dm<\/span>                 <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nAnd each night I'd spend prayin' that God would make her mine\r\n    <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>             <span data-name=\"F#m\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Em<\/span>           <span data-name=\"Bm\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Am<\/span>       <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>          <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>  <span data-name=\"F#m\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Em<\/span>\r\nAnd if he'd only grant me this wish I wished back then\r\n    <span data-name=\"Em\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Dm<\/span>            <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>         <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nI'd never ask for anything again\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n                  <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>          <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>             <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nSometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers\r\n    <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>   <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>              <span data-name=\"Bm\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Am<\/span>  <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>       <span data-name=\"Em\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Dm<\/span>       <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nRemember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs\r\n\r\n            <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>                                 <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>             <span data-name=\"E\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D<\/span>\r\nThat just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care\r\n        <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>              <span data-name=\"Bm\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Am<\/span>     <span data-name=\"Em\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Dm<\/span>         <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>         <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span> <span data-name=\"F#m\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Em<\/span> <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span> <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nSome of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n<span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>                                      <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>\r\nShe wasn't quite the angel that I remembered in my dreams\r\n            <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>         <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>         <span data-name=\"Bm\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Am<\/span>       <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nAnd I could tell that time had changed me\r\n   <span data-name=\"Em\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Dm<\/span>              <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nIn her eyes too it seemed\r\n            <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>               <span data-name=\"F#m\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Em<\/span>\r\nWe tried to talk about the old days\r\n             <span data-name=\"Bm\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Am<\/span>        <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>      <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>    <span data-name=\"F#m\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Em<\/span>\r\nThere wasn't much we could recall\r\n            <span data-name=\"Em\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Dm<\/span>                   <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>           <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nI guess the Lord knows what he's doin' after all\r\n \r\n \r\n[Bridge]\r\n    F                    Em           Am\r\nAnd as she walked away I looked at my wife\r\n             Dm                  C\r\nAnd then and there I thanked the good Lord\r\n        F           G\r\nFor the gifts in my life\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n                  C          F             G\r\nSometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers\r\n    C   G              Am  G       Dm       G\r\nRemember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs\r\n            C                                 F             D\r\nThat just because he may not answer doesn't mean he don't care\r\n        C              Am     Dm         G\r\nSome of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers\r\n        C              Am                Dm          G\r\nSome of God's greatest gifts are all too often unanswered...\r\n        C              Am   Dm          G              C Em F G C\r\nSome of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers\r\n<div class=\"vxv2A\">X<\/div><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garth Brooks [Intro] Dm C F G [Verse 1] C F Just the other night at a hometown football game C G Am G Dm G My wife and I ran into my old high school flame F Em Am G F And as I introduced them the past came &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/unanswered-prayers\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Unanswered 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