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Gift Garth Brooks *********** Capo 2 fret *********** Intro:
A Dpoor orphan girl named Maria Was walking to market one A7day.
She stopped for to rest by the roadside
Where a bird with a broken wing Dlay. A few moments passed 'til she saw it, For its feathers were covered with A7sand.
But soon clean and wrapped it was traveling
In the warmth of Maria's small Dhand.
She Ghappily gave her last peso On a Dcage made of A7rushes and Dtwine She Gfed it loose corn from the market And Dwatched it grow stronger with A7time. Now the DChristmas Eve service was coming And the church shone with tinsel and A7light
And all of the townsfolk brought presents
To lay by the manger that Dnight There were diamonds and incense and perfumes In packages fit for a A7king.
But for one ragged bird in a small cage,
Maria had nothing to Dbring.
She Gwaited till just before mid-night So Dno one would A7see her go Din And, Gcrying, she knelt by the manger For her Dgift was unworthy of A7him.
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Then a Evoice spoke to her through the darkness, "Maria, what brings you to B7me?
If the bird in the cage is your offering,
Open the door, let me Esee." Though she trembled, she did as he asked her And out of the cage the bird B7flew
Soaring up into the rafters
On a wing that had healed good as Enew.
Just Athen the midnight bells rang out And the Elittle bird B7started to Esing A Asong that no words could recapture Whose Ebeauty was fit for a B7king
ENow Maria felt blessed just to listen To that cascade of notes sweet and B7long
As her offering was lifted to heaven
By the very first nightingale's song E