The Gift chords by Lucy Kaplansky

Chords with lyrics

Lucy Kaplansky - The Gift


INTRO: G+G  C majorC G+G D MajorD  C majorC G+G

          C majorC
Grandfather came to Canada
    G+G
With a trade of a different time
 D MajorD
A augmentedA learned man of god
    C majorC       G+G
He just wasn't worth a dime

            C majorC
So, mended clothes for pennies
     G+G
While his children went to school
D MajorD
Sang them asleep at night
C majorC              G+G
Songs from the Old World and New


CHORUS:
D MajorD       G+G
Ohh, he could sing
  C majorC         G+G
Had nothing to leave behind
    D MajorD        E minorEm  C majorC
But his voice, gave him wings
   D MajorD           C majorC G+G
For a little while, he could fly_


INTERLUDE: C majorC G+G D MajorD  C majorC G+G

           C majorC
There was talk on the radio
    G+G
About a contest with a prize
D MajorD
Cast to the best singer
C majorC           G+G
Thought he'd give it a try


            C majorC
His son could play the piano
  G+G
And don't you know, they won
D MajorD
Paid off some debts
    C majorC       G+G
And the money was all gone

CHORUS:
D MajorD       G+G
Ohh, he could sing
  C majorC         G+G
Had nothing to leave behind
    D MajorD        E minorEm  C majorC
But his voice, gave him wings
   D MajorD           C majorC G+G
For a little while, he could fly_


INSTRUMENTAL: C majorC G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD C majorC E minorEm C majorC  G+G


       C majorC
Never saw his children grown
    G+G
He was too young when he died
  D MajorD
His son became a scholar
    C majorC      G+G
Played piano on the side


          C majorC
When I was young my father played
  G+G
And I would sing along
D MajorD
Songs from the world he knew
    C majorC         G+G
And I remember 'most every one


INTERLUDE: D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G

          C majorC
My voice was passed down to me
G+G
Through the family line
  D MajorD
The gifts that we are given
    C majorC        G+G