Linda Ronstadt – The Sweetest Gift (Guitar)

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Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris: The Sweetest Gift (J.B. Coats, 1942) 4/4 - 68 bpm. On the Linda Ronstadt Album: Prisoner in Disguise, 1975. Or in a great live video incl. Dolly Parton: [Intro] C G C [Verse 1]
          C                 C
One day a mother, went to a prison.

          G                    C
To see an erring, but precious son.

             C                    C
She told the warden, how much she loved him.

           G                   C
It did not matter, what he had done.
[Chorus]
            C                         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).
         C                            F
It was a halo,         sent down from heaven.
(halo bright, heaven's light).
             C       G        C
The sweetest gift, a mother's smile.
[Interlude] C G C [Verse 2]
           C                C
She left a smile, you can remember.

              G                       C
She's gone to heaven, from heartaches free.

             C                      C
Those walls around you, could never change her.

             G                   C
You were her baby, and e'er will be.
[Chorus]
            C                         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).
         C                            F
It was a halo,         sent down from heaven.
(halo bright, heaven's light).
             C       G        C
The sweetest gift, a mother's smile.
[Interlude] C F C G C [Chorus]
            C                         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).
         C                            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]
             C       G        C      C
The sweetest gift, a mother's smile.
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