The Sweetest Gift chords by Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt

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Verse 1
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One  (C major) day a mother went to a prison
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to see a  (G major) man.
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But precious son,  (C major) 
she told the warden
how much she loved him.
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It did not mat (G major) ter what he  (C major) had done.
She did not bring a broad garden.
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He brought no son,  (G major) no mom,
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or daugh (C major) ter.
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It was a hail of bright sandalwood petals,  (F major) 
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The sweetest  (C major) gift, a mother's  (G major)  (C major) smile.  (G major)  (C major) 
She left a smile you can remember
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She's  (G major) gone to heaven from
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heartache's  (C major) creep
Those walls around you could
never change you,
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you were her  (G major) baby and there will  (C major) be,
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she'd in the dreams of her own heart.  (G major) 
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 (C major) It was a hail of bright suns
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down from  (F major) heaven's sky.
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The sweetest  (C major) gift, a  (G major) mother's  (C major) smile.
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The sweetest gift, a  (G major) mother's smile.