The Gift Chords
by Garth Brooks
The Gift by Garth Brooks is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords C, G7 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C
A poor orphan girl named Maria
G7
Was walking to market one day
She stopped for a rest by the roadside
C
Where a bird with a broken wing lay
A few moments passed till she saw it
G7
For its feathers were covered with sand
But soon clean and wrapped it was traveling
C
In the warmth of Maria's small hand
F
She happily gave her last peso
C
On a cage made of rushes and twine
F
She fed it loose corn from the market
C G7
And watched it grow stronger with time
C
Now the Christmas Eve service was coming
G7
And the church shone with tinsel and light
And all of the town folks brought presents
C
To lay by the manager that night
There were diamonds and incense and perfumes
G7
In packages fit for a king
But for one ragged bird in a small cage
C
Maria had nothing to bring
F
She waited till just before midnight
C
So no one would see her go in
F
And crying she knelt by the manger
C G7
For her gift was unworthy of Him
C
Then a voice spoke to her through the darkness
G7
Maria what brings you to Me
If the bird in the cage is your offering
C
Open the door let Me see
Though she trembled she did as He asked her
G7
And out of the cage the bird flew
Soaring up into the rafters
C
On a wing that had healed good as new
F
Just then the midnight bells rang out
C
And the little bird started to sing
F
A song that no words could recapture
C G7
Whose beauty was fit for a King
C
Now Maria felt blessed just to listen
G7
To that cascade of notes sweet and long
As her offering was lifted to heaven
C
By the very first nightingale's song