The Sweetest Gift chords by Linda Ronstadt

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Verse 1
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Written by J.B. Coats
© 1942 Stamps-Baxter Music
& Ptg. Co.
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© renewed 1970 by Stamps-Baxter
Music & Ptg. Co.
© 1977 Stamps-Baxter Music
of the Zondervan Corporation

Verse 2
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One day a mother went to a prison
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To see an erring but precious son
She told the warden how
much she loved him
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It did not matter what he had done

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Verse 3

She did not bring to him a parole or pardon

She brought no silver, no pomp or style

It was a halo bright sent down

from heaven's light

The sweetest gift,

a mother's smile

Interlude 1

Verse 4
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She left a smile you can remember
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She's gone to heaven from
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heartaches free
Those walls around you
could never change her
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You were her baby and e'er will be

Verse 5
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She did not bring to him a parole or pardon
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She brought no silver, no pomp or style
It was a halo bright sent down
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from heaven's light
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The sweetest gift, a
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mother's smile

Interlude 2

Verse 6
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She did not bring to him a parole or pardon
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C 
She brought no silver, no pomp or style
It was a halo bright sent down
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from heaven's light
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The sweetest gift, a mother's smile
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The sweetest gift, a mother's smile