The Sweetest Gift chords by Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt

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