{"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":1792641,"song":"The Gift","artist":"Garth Brooks","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1792641-the-gift-chords-by-garth-brooks/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1792641?type=chord","rating":4.84049,"votes":46,"content":"Garth Brooks - The Gift\r\n\r\nVideo here - https://youtu.be/AgWEIEvd4N8\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA poor orphan girl named Maria[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWas walking to market one day[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe stopped for to rest by the roadside\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere a bird with a broken wing lay[/tab]\r\n\r\nA few moments passed 'til she saw it\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]A7[/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]D[/ch]\r\nIn the warmth of Maria's small hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            \r\nShe happily gave her last peso[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn a cage made of rushes and twine[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              \r\nShe fed it loose corn from the market[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A7[/ch]       \r\nAnd watched it grow stronger with time[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow the Christmas Eve service was coming[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd the church shone with tinsel and light[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd all of the townsfolk brought presents\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo lay by the manger that night[/tab]\r\n\r\nThere were diamonds and incense and perfumes\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A7[/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]D[/ch]\r\nMaria had nothing to bring[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           \r\nShe waited till just before mid-night[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo no one would see her go in[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd, crying, she knelt by the manger[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nFor her gift was unworthy of him  (Key change to E)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThen a voice spoke to her through the darkness,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]B7[/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]E[/ch]\r\nOpen the door, let me see.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nThough she trembled, she did as he asked her\r\n[tab]                             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd out of the cage the bird flew[/tab]\r\n\r\nSoaring up into the rafters\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOn a wing that had healed good as new.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust then the midnight bells rang out[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]      \r\nAnd the little bird started to sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                     \r\nA song that no words could recapture[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWhose beauty was fit for a king[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow Maria felt blessed just to listen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nTo that cascade of notes sweet and long[/tab]\r\n\r\nAs her offering was lifted to heaven\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBy the very first nightingale's song [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n| [ch]A[/ch]    | [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]B7[/ch]  | [ch]E[/ch]     |\r\n\r\n| [ch]A[/ch]    | [ch]E[/ch]       | [ch]B7[/ch]    |\r\n\r\n[tab]| [ch]E[/ch]    | [ch]E[/ch]       | [ch]B7[/ch]    | [ch]B7[/ch]    | [ch]E[/ch]\r\n                              (Fade)  [/tab]","plain_text":"Garth Brooks - The Gift\n\nVideo here - https://youtu.be/AgWEIEvd4N8\n\n[Intro]\nD\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\nShe stopped for to rest by the roadside\n\n\nA few moments passed 'til she saw it\n\n\nBut soon clean and wrapped it was traveling\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n \n[Verse]\n\n\n\nAnd all of the townsfolk brought presents\n\n\nThere were diamonds and incense and perfumes\n\n\nBut for one ragged bird in a small cage\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\nIf the bird in the cage is your offering, \n\n\nThough she trembled, she did as he asked her\n\n\nSoaring up into the rafters\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\nAs her offering was lifted to heaven\n\n\n[Outro]\n| A    | E   B7  | E     |\n\n| A    | E       | B7    |","chords":["D","A","A7","G","E","B7"],"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]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}