The Booth Brothers - Touch of the masters hand

Well it was ^Abattered and scared And the ^Eauctioneer felt it was ^Dhardly worth his ^Awhile To waste much time on the ^Eold violin but he ^Dheld it ^Bmup with a ^Esmile He said it ^Asure ain't much but its ^Eall we got left I ^Dguess we aught to ^Asell it ^Bto Oh, now ^Awho'll start the bid on this ^Eold violin? Just ^Done more and ^Awe'll be through ^D

And then he cried ^Aone give me one dollar Who'll make it two only ^Bmtwo dollars who'll make it three Three dollars ^Btwice now ^Ethat's a good price ^DWho's gonna bid for me? ^{E A}Raise up your hand now don't wait any longer the ^Bm7auctions about to end ^EWho's got four Just one dollar more to ^Dbid on this ^Bm7old v^Bmiolin? ^{F#m D E}

Well the ^Aair was hot and the ^Epeople stood around as the ^Dsun was setting ^Alow From the back of the crowd a ^Egray haired man Came ^Dforward and ^Bmpicked up the ^Ebow He ^Awiped the ^Edust from the old violin then he ^Dtightened ^Aup the ^Bstrings Then he ^Aplayed out a melody ^Epure and sweet, ^Dsweeter than the ^AAngels sing And then the ^Emusic stopped and the ^F#mauctioneer With a ^Dvoice that was quiet and ^Alow he said now ^C#mwhat am I bid For this ^F#mold violin and he ^Dheld it ^Bmup with a ^Ebow ^F#

And then he cried out ^Bone give me one thousand Who'll make it two only ^C#mtwo thousand who'll make it three ^F#Three thousand twice you know that's a good price Common ^Ewho's gonna to bid for ^Bme? ^F# And the ^Bpeople cried out what made the change ^C#we don't unders^C#mtand ^{E C#m} Then the ^F#auctioneer stopped and he said with a smile It was the ^Etouch of the ^BMaster's hand ^{F# F#m D E}

You know ther's ^Bmany a man with his ^F#life out of tune ^EBattered and scared with sin ^F#and he's ^Bauctioned cheap To a thankless world much ^Elike that old v^F#iolin Oh, but then the ^BMaster comes And that ^F#old foolish crowd they ^Enever under^C#mstand The ^Bworth of a soul and the ^F#change that is rought ^EJust by one touch of the Masters ^Bhand

^F#Oh, ^EThen he cried out ^Bone give me one thousand Who'll make it two only ^C#mtwo thousand who'll make it three ^F#Three thousand twice you know that's a good price Common ^Ewho's gonna bid for ^Bme? And the people cried out what made the change ^C#mwe don't understand Then the ^F#auctioneer stopped and he said with a smile It was ^Ethe touch, ^BOoo, it was ^Ethe touch of the ^BMaster's h^F#mand ^{Dmaj7 E B}