The Weapon of Prayer by The Louvin Brothers
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MGM Recording February 20 1951 No. 10988-A
Compoased by Ira and Charlie Louvin
Standard Tuning
Capo: 2nd fret
Key: A


[Intro]
   
  


[Verse 1]
             
In that land a

             
cross the sea,

             
 there’s a job

             
 for you and m

e
            
Though our pre

              
sence there ma

         
y not be found
            
We must stay e

              
ach night and 

          
day on the bat

tleline and pr

ay
            
We must never 

             
lay our weapon

  
s down


[Chorus]
            
We don’t have 

             
to be a soldie

  
r in a uniform
  
To be of servi

ce over there
             
While the boys

             
 so bravely st

             
and with the w

              
eapons made by

 
 hand
             
Let us trust a

             
nd use the wea

       
pon of prayer


[Instrumenetal]
     


[Verse 2]
             
Many thousand 

             
miles away som

             
eone shed thei

        
r blood today
            
With a heart s

              
o true and bra

           
ve they’ve gon

e
            
To a war that’

             
s yours and mi

             
ne, let us joi

            
n the battleli

ne
            
With a weapon 

             
that will save

     
 our home


[Chorus]
            
We don’t have 

             
to be a soldie

  
r in a uniform
  
To be of servi

ce over there
            
While the boys

             
 so bravely st

             
and with the w

              
eapons made by

 
 hand
             
Let us trust a

             
nd use the wea

       
pon of prayer


[Instrumental]
    


[Verse 3]
            
When the plane

              
s and tanks an

             
d guns have do

   
ne all that th

ey can do
            
And the mighty

              
 bombs have ra

         
ined and fell
         
Still the help

ful Hand above

 holds a weapo

n made of love
            
And against Hi

             
m none on Eart

     
h prevail


[Chorus]
            
We don’t have 

             
to be a soldie

  
r in a uniform
            
To be of servi

        
ce over there
             
While the boys

             
 so bravely st

             
and with the w

              
eapons made by

 
 hand
             
Let us trust a

             
nd use the wea

       
pon of prayer