You Cant Pray The Gay Away

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   Brothers and Sisters
                          G
Prayer is a powerful thing
                D7      F
In these tryin' times, we pray
We pray hard
    C               G
But, there are some matters
               G7
Where we would be better servants of the Lord

By acceptin' what is
    C
And not botherin' him
Come on!

[Chorus]

C
You can't pray the gay away
C
(You can't pray the gay away)
C
No matter what your preacher say
C
(No matter what your preacher say)
C                     F
There's no fighting DNA
C                  G    C    G C
You can't pray the gay away

[Verse]

F               C
Mama, oh, mama, you can't blame yourself
G                     G7            C
Just 'cause your baby boy took your high heels off the shelf
F                             C
Daddy, thought football would make a man of him
                               G            C
But now he spends all his time cruising the gym

[Chorus]

C
You can't pray the gay away
C
(You can't pray the gay away)
C
No matter what your preacher say
C
(No matter what your preacher say)
C                     F
There's no fighting DNA
C                  G    C    G C
You can't pray the gay away

[Verse]

F                         C
Well, the Reverend Bill, at the church of Christ
G
Says he needs reprogramming
C
"That boy ain't right"
F                    C
Send him off to camp where he could get fixed
C
Had the summer of his life
      G           C
Never saw so many dicks, ha-ha

[Chorus]

C
You can't pray the gay away
C
(You can't pray the gay away)
C
No matter what your preacher say
C
(No matter what your preacher say)
                      F
There's no fighting DNA
C                  G    C    G C
You can't pray the gay away

[Bridge]

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You may not know it
G
But you know lots of them
F
Statistically speakin'
C
One out of every ten
Am
Every family's got one
G
You might call him Auntie Fred
D                                  G
Mama says he harmless, 'lest, he's tryin' to give you head
Aw!

[Chorus]

C
You can't pray the gay away
C
(You can't pray the gay away)
C
No matter what your preacher say
C
(No matter what your preacher say)
                      F
There's no fighting DNA
C                  G    C
You can't pray the gay away
F    C                  G    C
Hey, you can't pray the gay away
F     C
  A-A-A-A-A-Amen
Hallelujah
Bless your heart