capo 1 n n[G Em D C D] n nThere were ([G])many times when ([G7])Iwas young nI saw ([C])tears in mamma's ([G])eyes nAnd I didn't know what ([Em])things it was nThat ([A])made my mamma ([D])cry nBut([G])as the years went([G7])by I([C])understood each ([G])tear nMamma cried for her ([Em])children nWhile ([D])she was livin' ([G])here n nchorus nAnd she prayed, ([G])Lord please save my children nI'm ([C])askin' you to([G])day nLord, please save my ([Em])children nDon't ([A])let them stray a([D])way nJust ([G])keep your hands upon them nDon't ([C])let them die in([G]) vain nBut Lord, please save my ([Em])children nOh ([D])this I pray to([G])day n n[G Em D C D] n nAnd ([G])now the years, they've ([G7])come and gone nSince my ([C])mamma passed a([G])way nBut back in my ([Em])memory, I can ([A])hear her every([D])day nOh I ([G])hear those prayers that she ([G7])prayed to God nFor her ([C])children every([G])day nShe was hoping that she'd just([Em]) hear me say n([D])Mamma....I got([G]) saved!!! ([C]) ([D]) n nchorus n ntag nBut ([G])Lord, please save my ([Em])children nOh ([D])this I pray to([G])day