The Sweetest Gift chords by Linda Ronstadt

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

Verse 2
C 
One day a mother  (C major) went to a prison
G 
C 
To see an  (G major) erring but precious  (C major) son
She told the warden how
much she loved him
G 
C 
It did not  (G major) matter what he had  (C major) 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
C 
 (C major) She left a smile you can remember
G 
She's gone to  (G major) heaven from
C 
heartaches  (C major) free
Those walls around you
could never change her
G 
C 
You were her  (G major) baby and e'er  (C major) will be

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

Interlude 2

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