The Gift Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays381

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.

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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:

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante