Gift chords by Garth Brooks

Chords with lyrics

Gift
Garth Brooks

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Capo 2 fret
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Intro:


 D MajorD
A augmentedA poor orphan girl named Maria
             A7A7
Was walking to market one day.

She stopped for to rest by the roadside
                D MajorD
Where a bird with a broken wing lay.

A augmentedA few moments passed 'til she saw it,
                  A7A7
For its feathers were covered with sand.

But soon clean and wrapped it was traveling
                D MajorD
In the warmth of Maria's small hand.

  G+G
She happily gave her last peso
   D MajorD      A7A7     D MajorD
On a cage made of rushes and twine
  G+G
She fed it loose corn from the market
  D MajorD               A7A7
And watched it grow stronger with time.
    D MajorD
Now the Christmas Eve service was coming
                   A7A7
And the church shone with tinsel and light

And all of the townsfolk brought presents
             D MajorD
To lay by the manger that night

There were diamonds and incense and perfumes
           A7A7
In packages fit for a king.

But for one ragged bird in a small cage,
           D MajorD
Maria had nothing to bring.

  G+G
She waited till just before mid-night
  D MajorD      A7A7     D MajorD
So no one would see her go in
   G+G
And, crying, she knelt by the manger
    D MajorD          A7A7
For her gift was unworthy of him.

(Key change to E MajorE)

    E MajorE
Then a voice spoke to her through the darkness,
              B7B7
"Maria, what brings you to me?

If the bird in the cage is your offering,
           E MajorE
Open the door, let me see."

Though she trembled, she did as he asked her
               B7B7
And out of the cage the bird flew

Soaring up into the rafters
                 E MajorE
On a wing that had healed good as new.


   A augmentedA
Just then the midnight bells rang out
    E MajorE      B7B7     E MajorE
And the little bird started to sing
 A augmentedA
A majorA song that no words could recapture
   E MajorE          B7B7
Whose beauty was fit for a king


E MajorE
Now Maria felt blessed just to listen
                  B7B7
To that cascade of notes sweet and long

As her offering was lifted to heaven
                   E MajorE
By the very first nightingale's song