DAIRYBEAT: THE SWEETEST GIFT - 2013 (J.B. Coats - 1942) 4/4 - 68
Linda Ronstadt 1975 version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXIeAeVP0iQ
|% |: Repeat the previous Chord and Measure of 4-counts.
INTRO: |C G |C
VERSE 1:
|C |%
One day a mother, went to a prison.
|G |C
To see an erring, but precious son.
|% |%
She told the warden, how much she loved him.
|G |C
It did not matter, what he had done.
CHORUS:
|C |%
She did not bring, a parole or pardon.
(bring to him, (pardon plea).
|G |C
She brought no silver, no pomp or style.
Brought no gold, (none to see).
|% |F
It was a halo, sent down from heaven.
(halo bright) (heaven's light).
|C G |C |
The sweetest gift, a mother's smile.
INTERMEZZO: |C G |C
VERSE 2:
|C |%
She left a smile, you can re-member.
|G |C
She's gone to heaven, from heartaches free.
|% |%
Those walls a-round you, could never change her.
|G |C
You were her baby, and e'er will be.
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CHORUS:
|C |%
She did not bring, a parole or pardon.
(bring to him, (pardon plea).
|G |C
She brought no silver, no pomp or style.
Brought no gold, (none to see).
|% |F
It was a halo, sent down from heaven.
(halo bright) (heaven's light).
|C G |C |
The sweetest gift, a mother's smile.
INTERMEZZO: |C |F |C G |C
CHORUS:
|C |%
She did not bring, a parole or pardon.
(bring to him, (pardon plea).
|G |C
She brought no silver, no pomp or style.
Brought no gold, (none to see).
|% |F
It was a halo, sent down from heaven.
(halo bright) (heaven's light).
|C G |C |
The sweetest gift, a mother's smile.
OUTRO:
|2-count|slow | |/ (break)
|C |G |C |C
The sweetest gift, a mother's smile.
Cheers,
Tab by: DAIRYBEAT (André H. Hofman, Purmerend, Netherlands).
E-mail: dairybeat@live.nl
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