Pray for the Fish  -  Randy Travis

Video  Live:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBQ8dm_NZkc

*** CAPO 2 ***

  riff 1 (fiddle - tabbed for guitar 1 and relative to Capo 2)
   B5B5 B5~  B5B5    B5B5 B5~  B5B5    B5B5 B5~  B5B5    B5B5 B5~  A5B5
e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D--7-7--7~~--7-7--|--7-7--7~~--7-7--|--7-7--7~~--7-7--|--7-7--7~~--5-7--|
A--7-7--7~~--7-7--|--7-7--7~~--7-7--|--7-7--7~~--7-7--|--7-7--7~~--5-7--|
E--5-5--5~~--5-5--|--5-5--5~~--5-5--|--5-5--5~~--5-5--|--5-5--5~~--3-5--|

  riff 2 (guitar 2 relative to Capo 2)
   B C# C#Eb B~~   F#Ab AbA AbA  AbF#E~~   F#Ab AbB  B~~    F#Ab AbA AbA  AbAAb E F#
E--5h7--7/9--5~~|-----------------------|----------------|---------------------------|
B---------------|--5h7--7/8-7/8--7r5----|--5h7--7/10-10~~|--5h7--7/8-7/8--7h8r7------|
G---------------|--------------------7~~|----------------|----------------------7h9--|
D---------------|-----------------------|----------------|---------------------------|
A---------------|-----------------------|----------------|---------------------------|
E---------------|-----------------------|----------------|---------------------------|

Intro
(riff 1) – 2 times

(riff 1) w/(riff 2) – 2 times

Verse 1
(riff 1)
A                            G          D            A            G    D
Everybody gathered where the river runs wider at the edge of town…
   (riff 1)
   A                     G         D     A                           G    D
To see if that Eddie Lee Vaughn baptism…    was really gonna go down…
(riff 1)
A                     G          D              A              G    D 
Folks bet hard earned money that water wouldn't change a thing…
(riff 1)
A                        G          D         A                     G
  They set the odds at a hundred to one…  his soul would never come clean…
         [E~~~~]                                      [E E E E~~~~]
Then the preacher said, “People take a moment or two…” 
                              [E]
“There's somethin’ we need to do…”

Chorus
 NC           A
“Pray for the fish…”
            G           D               A                          G        D 
“They won't know what's comin' when the sin starts rollin' off the likes of him…”
 A                       G          D
“Lord be with 'em…  they ain't done nothin'…”
 A                                 G             D       [E~~~~]  [E E E E]
“Please won't you leave 'em just a little bit of room to swim…”
              (riff 1) w/(riff 2)
 NC           A
“Pray for the fish…”

Verse 2
Well the preacher ducked him under that clear cool water… then he did it again…
Eddie came up yellin’…  "Lord in Heaven…  Hallelujah…  I'm a brand new man…"
Well the water got to bubblin'…  the sky got to rumblin'… 
                                                and the thunder backed up the choir…
The fish started jumpin'… it was like they were swimmin'…   in a lake of fire…
  Then Eddie's mamma stepped out of the crowd…  and started yellin' out loud…

Repeat Chorus w/o (riff 1,2)

Bridge
          D                                            E
He said, “Everybody cross your fingers…  and fold your hands…”
D                                       E       [E]
“Pray for old Eddie…  but before we say Amen…”

Outro Chorus 
             (riff 1) 
NC         pm(A     G    D) pm(A     G    D)
“Pray for the fish…”
      [A~~~~]            [G~~~~]    [D~~~~]
“Lord be with 'em…  they ain't done nothin'…”
 [A~~~~]                           [G~~~~]       [D~~~~] [E~~~~]  [E]
“Please won't you leave 'em just a little bit of room to swim…”
              (riff 1) w/(riff 2)
 NC           (A     G    D)
“Pray for the fish…”
                           (riff 1) w/(riff 2) w/o last measure
(A     G    D)             (A     G    D)
      “Lord…  Pray for the fish…”

(A   )[G~~~~]    


CAPO 2 =  w/o Capo(move all Lead notes up 2 frets)             Legend
   G   =  A                                                 /  slide up
   A   =  B                                                 \  slide down
   D   =  E                                                 h  hammer 
   E   =  F#                                                r  release
                                                            ~  let ring
                                                          [ ]  single attack
                                                          ( )  chord progression
                                                           pm  palm mute