The Gift lyrics and chords

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The Gift
Recorded by Garth Brooks
Written by Stephanie Davis
[3/4 time] 

C
A poor orphan girl named Maria
                          G7
Was walking to market one day

She stopped for a rest by the roadside
                                C
Where a bird with a broken wing lay


A few moments passed till she saw it
                                    G7
For its feathers were covered with sand

But soon clean and wrapped it was traveling
                               C
In the warmth of Maria's small hand

    F
She happily gave her last peso
     C
On a cage made of rushes and twine
    F
She fed it loose corn from the market 
    C                             G7
And watched it grow stronger with time

        C
Now the Christmas Eve service was coming
                                     G7
And the church shone with tinsel and light

And all of the town folks brought presents
                           C
To lay by the manager that night


There were diamonds and incense and perfumes
                      G7
In packages fit for a king

But for one ragged bird in a small cage
                     C
Maria had nothing to bring

    F
She waited till just before midnight
   C
So no one would see her go in
    F
And crying she knelt by the manger
    C                        G7
For her gift was unworthy of Him

       C
Then a voice spoke to her through the darkness
                         G7
Maria what brings you to Me

If the bird in the cage is your offering
                     C
Open the door let Me see


Though she trembled she did as He asked her
                             G7
And out of the cage the bird flew

Soaring up into the rafters
                                  C
On a wing that had healed good as new

F
Just then the midnight bells rang out
    C
And the little bird started to sing
  F
A song that no words could recapture
      C                    G7
Whose beauty was fit for a King

    C
Now Maria felt blessed just to listen
                                   G7
To that cascade of notes sweet and long

As her offering was lifted to heaven
                                C
By the very first nightingale's song

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