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I Pray

Ace of Base

RockMedium for beginners15 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Am×
Em
Dm××
C×
G
BDiagram coming soon
G#Diagram coming soon
A×
E9Diagram coming soon
Esus4Diagram coming soon
E
Em7
F
F6Diagram coming soon
Am7×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              ORDER: I V1 C V2 C B FC1 FC2 O 
 
 
INTRO 
Am | Em | 
 
Am | Dm | C  G/B  | Am | 
Dm | G  | Am G#-5 | Am | 
 
 
verse 1 
       Dm/A                    Am 
  When I   was young, I dreamed  about 
  G           Am 
  Oh, so many places 
       Dm/A               Am 
  When I   was young, I ne - ver thought 
G         Am 
  I'd be afraid 
      C                   G 
  The years go by and with them comes  
  Dm              E9 
  Oh, so many chan - ges  
  Am              Esus4 E 
  You know what I mean 
 
 
    Am 
  I pray there's another way 
  Dm 
  Sunshine on the morning water 
C                Em7/B         Am 
  What a day was yesterday, hmm  
    Dm                          G 
  I pray there will be an answer (there's an answer) 
    Am  G#-5 | Am 
  I pray 
 
 
verse 2 
      Dm/A             Am 
  And in  my youth I re - alized 
  G                Am 
  nothing lasts forever 
    Dm/A             Am 
  I find myself remem - bering 
G             Am 
  those happy days 
  C               G 
  Follow me, I'll show you 
          Dm                E9 
  all the colors of the rain - bow 
  Am              Esus4 E 
  You know what I mean 
 
 
    Am 
  I pray there's another way 
  Dm 
  Sunshine on the morning water 
C                Em7/B         Am 
  What a day was yesterday, hmm  
    Dm                          G 
  I pray there will be an answer (there's an answer) 
    Am  G#-5 | Am 
  I pray 
 
 
BRIDGE 
Am 
Don't wait, don't be late 
Dm 
You don't have a second left to hesitate  
Am 
Walk, talk, do it all 
Dm 
Nothing you can do will ever break the fall 
 
Dm 
Turn and turn, tell me, what are you seeing ? 
F 
Clear your mind if you want to be free 
C       G/B Am Am/G 
Be there 
F6 
Turn around expectations 
G 
Say 'goodbye' to complications  
C        G/B   Am7/C   G Am 
Be there,   be there 
 
 
FINAL Chorus 1 
    Am 
  I pray there's another way 
  Dm 
  Sunshine on the morning water 
C                Em7/B         Am 
  What a day was yesterday, hmm  
    Dm                          G 
  I pray there will be an answer (there's an answer) 
    Am    G#-5  |   Am 
  I pray, I pray, I pray 
 
 
    Am 
  I pray there's another way 
  Dm 
  Sunshine on the morning water 
C                Em7/B         Am 
  What a day was yesterday, hmm  
    Dm                          G 
  I pray there will be an answer (there's an answer) 
    Am    G#-5  |   Am 
  I pray, I pray 
 
 
OUTRO (to fade) 
  Am 
I pray 
  Dm 
I pray 
       C                  G/B Am 
I pray there's another way 
  Dm                          G 
I pray there will be an answer (there's an answer) 
  Am    G#-5  |   Am 
I pray, I pray 
          
 

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Chord set

Am · Em · Dm · C · G · B · G# · A · E9 · Esus4 · E · Em7 · F · F6 · Am7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.