{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1787627,"song":"The Gift","artist":"Aselin Debison","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11393103-the-gift-chords-by-aselin-debison/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1787627?type=chord","rating":4.91631,"votes":33,"content":"(1st verse chords are not played in the original recording; vocal only)\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA poor orphan girl named Maria[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWas walking the market one day.[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe stopped for to rest by the road side\r\n[tab]        [ch]G7[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere a bird with a broken wing lay.[/tab]\r\n\r\nA few moments passed till she saw it\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor its feathers were covered with sand.[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut soon clean and wrapped it was traveling\r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the warmth of Maria's small hand.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe happily gave her last peso[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor a cage made of rushes and twine.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe fed it loose corn from the market,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd watched it grow stronger with time.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow the gift giving service was coming,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the church shone with tinsel and lights,[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd all of the town folk brought presents,\r\n[tab]   [ch]G7[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo lay by the manger that night.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere were diamonds, incense and perfumes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn packages fit for a king.[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut for one ragged bird in a small cage,\r\n[tab]  [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMaria had nothing to bring.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe waited till just before midnight,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo no one would see her go in.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd crying she knelt by the manger,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor her gift was unworthy of him.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen a voice spoke to her through the darkness:[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Maria, what brings you to me?[/tab]\r\n\r\nIf the bird in the cage is your offering,\r\n[tab]     [ch]A7[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen open the door, let me see.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo she trembled and did as he asked her[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd out of the cage the bird flew,[/tab]\r\n\r\nSoaring up into the rafters\r\n[tab]     [ch]A7[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn a wing that had healed good as new.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd just as the midnight bells rang out,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe little bird started to sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA song that no words could recapture,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor its beauty was fit for a king.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow Maria felt blessed just to listen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo the cascade of notes sweet and long[/tab]\r\n       \r\nAs her offering was lifted to heaven,\r\n[tab]       [ch]A7[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBy the very first nightingale's song.[/tab]","plain_text":"(1st verse chords are not played in the original recording; vocal only)\n\n\n\n\n\nShe stopped for to rest by the road side\n\n\nA few moments passed till she saw it\n\n\nBut soon clean and wrapped it was traveling\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd all of the town folk brought presents,\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBut for one ragged bird in a small cage,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf the bird in the cage is your offering,\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSoaring up into the rafters\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n       \nAs her offering was lifted to heaven,","chords":["C","A","G","G7","F","D","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}