Mary J. Blige - Empty Prayers

                Mary J. Blige - Empty Prayers

Verse 1:
F                   (hold strings)
I tried my best to keep you here 
Asus4                   F
But it's hard to hold a shadow 
F                    (hold strings)
You said goodbye but I couldn't hear 
Asus4                   F
Too busy praying for a miracle

Chorus:
Am                   Fadd9
And you left me on my knees 
F                       G
You just walked out the door 
Am                   
You didn't even have the 
Cadd99
decency to intervene 
Fadd9                G
while I was begging God for 

You to love me

Verse 2:
Am               (hold strings)
I prayed about us every night 
Asus4                  F
Boy I know you had to hear me 
Am               (hold strings)
You could've stopped me then and told the truth 
Asus4                      
But instead you pulled the 
        F
pillow over your head 

Chorus:
Am                   Fadd9
And you left me on my knees 
F                       G
You just walked out the door 
Am                   
You didn't even have the 
Cadd99
decency to intervene 
Fadd9                G
while I was begging God for 

You to love me

Bridge: Am  F  F  G
Am           F          F                    G
You should've told me it was useless,

That I was praying empty prayers

But you hopped in your car, pulled out your keys

While you were leaving, 
I was begging God for you to love me
Am                     
And I know that He had 
         F
something better to Do 
        F                  
Than to sit and listen to a 
              G
broken-hearted fool 

Could've been saving the world from a tragedy,

But instead He was listening to me

I was asking, begging for a sign to bring

comfort to this lonely heart of mine

But apparently you're not what I need

I guess you walking out was Him answering


Chorus:
Am                   Fadd9
And you left me on my knees 
F                       G
You just walked out the door 
Am                   
You didn't even have the 
Cadd99
decency to intervene 
Fadd9                G
while I was begging God for 

You to love me

Verse 1:
F                   (hold strings)
I tried my best to keep you here 
Asus4                   F
But it's hard to hold a shadow 
F                    (hold strings)
You said goodbye but I couldn't hear 
Asus4                   F
Too busy praying for a miracle