The Gift chords by Lucy Kaplansky

Lucy Kaplansky - The Gift



INTRO: G  C G D  C G

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

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


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


INTERLUDE: C G D  C G

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


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


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


INSTRUMENTAL: C G D C G D C Em C  G


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


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



INTERLUDE: D C G D C G

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