Gift chords by Jerry Jeff Walker
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Verse 1
Jerry (G major) Jeff Walker (C major) (D major) (E minor) (C major) (G major) (D major)
(G major)
In a boarding house, I'd lay up (E minor) stairs,
And (D major) dream of how I'd (A minor) live
someday (D major)
Downstairs there (A minor) sat, a man who (D major) had
A gui (C major) tar he never (D major) learned to play (G major)
Verse 2
(C major) For my thirteenth birthday,
(D major) grandma bought the guitar
(E minor) Told me I should learn (D major) how to play (C major)
And the (G major) gift she gave me
changed me
'Cause the (D major) music is the main thing,
That got (C major) me to this (D major) point
here today (G major)
Chorus: And I was (C major) lucky, 'cause I
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Verse 3
(D major)
used her gift (G major)
To (C major) get in touch with (D major) how to live
And (G major) (C major) looking (D major) back I now (E minor) real (C major) ize,
(G major) music (D major) changed (E minor) (C major) (G major) (D major) my life
Interlude 1
(G major) (C major) (D major) (E minor) (C major) (G major) (D major)
(G major)
Verse 4
Just out of school, (G major) I had no (E minor) clue
Of (A minor) what it was I'd like to do (D major)
I only know, (A minor) the open road (D major)
Was the way (C major) I chose to (D major) pass on through (G major)
Verse 5
I (C major) took that guitar with me,
(D major) down the lonesome highway
And (E minor) I began my (D major) search
for a song (C major)
And some (G minor) where (G major) in the distance,
the music (D major) and the mystery
Of (C major) how I would live (D major) come along (G major)
Verse 6
Chorus (C major) (Last line (D major) (G major) different)
That (C major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (E minor) (C major)
(G major) music (D major) saved my life, (E minor)
(C major) (G major) music be (D major) came my life
Interlude 2
(G major) (C major) (D major) (E minor) (C major) (G major) (D major)
(G major)
Verse 7
As time went (G major) by, I found that I (E minor)
Could climb (A minor) up on the stage and sing (D major)
But when I sang, (A minor) the songs I (D major) wrote
It be (C major) came a very spe (D major) cial thing (G major)
Verse 8
But songs (C major) to me were personal
And the (D major) business side just killed me
And (E minor) I withdrew in (D major) side my shell (C major)
With the con (G major) tracts and the lawsuits
I started (D major) heavy drinking,
'Til (C major) I finally lost (D major) touch with myself
(G major)
Interlude 3
(C major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (D major)
(G major) (C major) (D major) (E minor)
(C major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(B minor) Bridge: I guess playing
Verse 9
(B minor)
music for
money (C major) brought problems
(G major) That I didn't face (D major) very well (G major)
(B minor) Being self- taught gave me
noth (C major) ing to lean (A minor) on
(A major) I had to look in myself
(D major) (C major) (B minor)
Verse 10
(D major) (C major) (D major) I took a year (G major) off
and did some fast (E minor) ing
(A minor) Just to clean the cobwebs out (D major)
And I went (A minor) back to Grandma's (D major) guitar
(C major) Just to hear a sim (D major) ple sound (G major)
Verse 11
(C major) When I look around me,
I saw (D major) my loving family
And a (E minor) home we had built (D major) on a hill (C major)
I dis (G major) covered the music had (D major) led
me to the one place
Where my (C major) heart and soul (D major) are re- filled (G major)
(C major) (D major)
Interlude 4
(G major) (C major) (D major)
(G major) (C major) (D major) (E minor) (C major)
(G major) Chorus: Music saved
Verse 12
(D major)
my life, (E minor) (C major) yeah,
(G major) music really saved (D major) my life (G major) (C major) (D major) (E minor) (C major)
Yes, (G major) music really saved (D major) my life (G major)
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