Gift chords by Garth Brooks

Gift
Garth Brooks

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Capo 2 fret
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Intro:


 D
A poor orphan girl named Maria
             A7
Was walking to market one day.

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

A few moments passed 'til she saw it,
                  A7
For its feathers were covered with sand.

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


  G
She happily gave her last peso
   D      A7     D
On a cage made of rushes and twine
  G
She fed it loose corn from the market
  D               A7
And watched it grow stronger with time.
    D
Now the Christmas Eve service was coming
                   A7
And the church shone with tinsel and light

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

There were diamonds and incense and perfumes
           A7
In packages fit for a king.

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


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

(Key change to E)

    E
Then a voice spoke to her through the darkness,
              B7
"Maria, what brings you to me?

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

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

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


   A
Just then the midnight bells rang out
    E      B7     E
And the little bird started to sing
 A
A song that no words could recapture
   E          B7
Whose beauty was fit for a king



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

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