What I Need

	  		
E        A     E 
I knew all the answers 
E          A           E 
The way my life should go 
A                  Asus4    A 
And when I used to say my prayers 
E        A       E 
I would tell God so 
B 
It seemed He wasn't listening 
C#m                  A 
I thought He didn't care 
F#m 
But lookin' back 
      E 
It's plain to see 
B 
He was always there 

 
       A               B 
'Cause I prayed for strength 
            E                 A 
And I got pain that made me strong 
F#m            B 
I prayed for courage 
         A          E 
And got fear to overcome 
     A              B 
When I prayed for faith 
                  E              A 
My empty heart brought me to my knees 
   F#m                     B 
I don't always get what I want 
             A  E 
I get what I need 


E              A         E 
I'm not sayin' that it's easy 
E            A     E           
Or that it doesn't hurt 
A                    Asus4   A 
When nothing seems to go my way 
E         A       E 
Nothing seems to work 
B 
These days I'm getting better 
  C#m              A 
At goin' with the flow 
F#m              E 
Accepting that sometimes the answer 
       B 
To a prayer is no 


       A               B 
'Cause I prayed for strength 
            E                  A 
And I got pain that made me strong 
F#m            B 
I prayed for courage 
          A         E 
And got fear to overcome 
     A             B 
When I prayed for faith 
                  E              A 
My empty heart brought me to my knees 
   F#m                     B 
I don't always get what I want 
             A  E 
I get what I need 


A                 B                E 
Every time I've had a door slammed in my face 
    F#m                         B 
In time a better one was opened in it's place 


 A             B 
I prayed for strength 
            E                 A 
And I got pain that made me strong 
F#m             B 
I prayed for courage 
         A         E 
And got fear to overcome 
       A             B 
When I prayed for faith 
                 E                A 
My empty heart brought me to my knees 
    F#m                     B 
I don't always get what I want 
             A  E 
I get what I need 
      F#m                    B 
Oh I don't always get what I want 
             A  E 
I get what I need