The Gift chords by Daniel May

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Verse 1
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 (G major) A   (C major) poor orphan girl named Maria
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Was walking to market one day  (G major) 
She stopped for to rest by the roadside
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Where a bird with a broken wing  (C major) lay
A few moments passed till she saw it
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For its feathers were covered with  (G major) sand
And soon clean and wrapped it was traveling
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In the warmth of Maria's small  (C major) hand
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She hap (F major) pily gave her last beso
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On a  (C major) cage made of rushes and twine
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She fed  (F major) it loose corn from the market
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And  (C major) watched it grow stronger with  (G major) time
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Now the  (C major) gift -giving service was coming
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And the church shone with tinsel and  (G major) light
And all of the town folk brought presents
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To lay by the manger that  (C major) night
There were diamonds,
incense and perfumes
And packages fit for a king
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 (G major) But for one ragged bird in a small cage
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Maria had nothing to  (C major) bring
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She waited  (F major) till just before midnight,
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so  (C major) no one would see her go in
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And  (F major) crying she knelt by the manger,
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for her  (C major) gift was unworthy of  (G major) Him
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Then  (A major) a  (D major) voice spoke to her
through the darkness, Maria,
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what brings you to  (A major) me?
If the bird in the cage is your offering,
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Open the door, let me see.  (D major) 
So she trembled, she did as he asked her,
And out of the cage the bird flew
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 (A major) Soaring up into the rafters
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On a wing that had healed good as  (D major) new
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Just  (G major) then the midnight bells rang out
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And the  (D major) little birds started to sing
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A  (G major) song that no words could recapture
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For its  (D major) beauty was fit for a  (A major) king
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Now  (D major) Maria felt blessed just to listen
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To that cascade of notes sweet and  (A major) low
As her offering was lifted to heaven
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By the  (E minor) very first  (A major) nightingale's  (D major) song