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[Intro]Em D/F# G A[Verse]D D/F# GJust the other night at a hometown football gameD A/C# Bm A Em AMy wife and I ran into my old high school flameG F#m Bm A GAnd as I introduced them the past came back to meEm D/F# G AAnd I couldn't help but think of the way things used to beD D/F# GShe was the one that I'd wanted for all timesD A/C# Bm A Em AAnd each night I'd spend prayin' that God would make her mineG F#m Bm A G F#mAnd if he'd only grant me this wish I wished back thenEm D/F# AI'd never ask for anything again[Chorus]D D/F# G ASometimes I thank God for unanswered prayersD A/C# Bm A Em ARemember when you're talkin' to the man upstairsD D7/F# G E7That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't careD Bm Em A D F#m G ASome of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers[Verse]D D/F# GShe wasn't quite the angel that I remembered in my dreamsD A/C# Bm AAnd I could tell that time had changed meEm AIn her eyes too it seemedG F#mWe tried to talk about the old daysBm A G F#mThere wasn't much we could recallEm D/F# AI guess the Lord knows what he's doin' after all[Bridge]G F#m BmAnd as she walked away I looked at my wifeEm D/F#And then and there I thanked the good LordG AFor the gifts in my life[Chorus]D D/F# G ASometimes I thank God for unanswered prayersD A/C# Bm A Em ARemember when you're talkin' to the man upstairsD D7/F# G E7That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't careD Bm Em ASome of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayersD Bm Em ASome of God's greatest gifts are all too often unanswered...D Bm Em A D F#m G A DSome of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers