The Gift Chords
The Gift by Lucy Kaplansky is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G C G D C G
C
Grandfather came to Canada
G
With a trade of a different time
D
A learned man of god
C G
He just wasn't worth a dime
C
So, mended clothes for pennies
G
While his children went to school
D
Sang them asleep at night
C G
Songs from the Old World and New
Chorus: