The Prayer Chords

by Kid Cudi
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Difficulty: beginner
Capo: no capo
Author KaarlJ [a] 57.
1 contributor total, last edit on Dec 9, 2016

Chords

F
C
G
Am

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This is one of my favored songs by Kid Cudi, so I figured I should try playing it on the guitar.
You can use a capo on the first fret if you want it to match the original.
I suggest finger-picking this song with some standard picking-pattern. I encourage you to play
around with it on your own, but I like to play it like this:
 
  F                   C                   G                   Am
e|--1-------1--------|--0-------0--------|--3-------3--------|--0-------0--------|
B|------1-------1----|------1-------1----|------0-------0----|------1-------1----|
G|----2-------2---2--|----0-------0---0--|----0-------0---0--|----2-------2---2--|
D|--------3----------|--------2----------|-------------------|--------2----------|
A|-------------------|--3----------------|--------2----------|--0----------------|
E|--1----------------|-------------------|--3----------------|-------------------|
 
[Intro]
 
F C G Am
 
[Verse 1]
 
F              C
My heart thump not from being nervous
    G                              Am
Sometimes I'm thinking God made me special here on purpose
   F                           C
So all the while 'til I'm gone make my words important so
G               Am
If I slip away, if I die today
    F                             C
The last thing you remember won't be about some apple bottom 
G                             Am
Jeans with the boots with the fur.
           F                            C
Baby how I dream of being free since my birth
               G                            Am
Cursed but the demons I confronted would disperse
F             C                     G     Am
Have you ever heard of some shit so real
F               C                            G     Am
Beyond from the heart, from the soul you can feel
 
[Chorus]
 
F        C            G                Am              F
And if I die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take
                 C                   G                 Am
But please don't cry, just know that I have made these songs for you
F        C            G                Am              F
And if I die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take
           C           G       Am
'Cause I'm ready for a funeral
 
[Verse 2]
 
F            C                            G
My mind runs I could never catch it, even if I got a head start
Am                      F
God please help me I am feeling so alone - wait
C                            G                             Am
I don't need to worry 'cuz I know the world will feel this nigga
F                        C                     G
Blessing in disguise but I am not hiding who I am open your eyes bro
Am                      F
if I ever met you I appreciate the love yo
C                       G
girls that I dated It's ok I am not mad yo
Am                    F
Unless you stabbed me in the heart, no love ho, 
C               G       Am
this shit is so ill
F                     C                    G     Am
Play it back from the top if you recognize real
 
[Chorus]
 
F        C            G                Am              F
And if I die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take
                 C                   G                 Am
But please don't cry, just know that I have made these songs for you
F        C            G                Am              F
And if I die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take
           C           G       Am
'Cause I'm ready for a funeral
 
F        C            G                Am              F
And if I die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take
                 C                   G                 Am
But please don't cry, just know that I have made these songs for you
F        C            G                Am              F
And if I die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take
           C           G       Am
'Cause I'm ready for a funeral
 
[Outro]
 
F C G Am
F C G Am
 
I like to end the song it on C instead of Am, but that's your call ;)
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