Chords for Continental Singers - The Touch Of The Master's Hand

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_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Well it was battered and scarred and the auctioneer felt
It was [C] hardly _ worth his while
_ To waste much time [Bm] on the old violin
[C] But he held it up with a [D] _ smile
[G] It sure ain't much but [Bm] it's all we got left
I guess we ought to [G] sell it [A] too
_ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] Now who's got a bid on this [D] old violin
Just [C] one more and we'll be [G] through
And then he cried
One, give me one dollar, who'll make it two
Only [Am] two dollars, who'll make it three
_ _ _ [C]
Three dollars twice, [D] now that's a good price
[C] But who's got a bid [G] for me _
Raise up your hand and don't play any longer
[Am] The auction's about [C] to end
[Bm] _
[Am] Who's got for just [D] one dollar more
[C] To bid on this [D] old violin
[G] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Well the air was hot and the [D] people stood around
As the [C] sun was setting [G] low
_ _ From the back of the crowd
A [Bm] gray-haired man came forward [C]
and picked up the bow
[D] _ _ _ [G] He wiped the dust off [Bm] from the old violin
[C] And he tightened [G] up the [E] strings
_ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G] Then he played out a melody [D]
pure and sweet _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] Sweet as the angels sing
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ And then the music stopped
The [Em] _ _
auctioneer [C] _ with a voice that was [G] quiet and low
_ _ [Bm] He said, what is my bid [Em] for this old violin
_ [C] Then he hurled it off [D] with the bow _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
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Then he cried [A] out
One, give me one thousand, who'll make it two
[Bm] Only two thousand, who'll make it three
_ _ [D] Three thousand [E] twice, now that's a good price
But [D] who's got a bid for [A] me
_ The people called out, who [A] made the change
[Bm] We don't _ understand
Then [E] the auctioneer stopped _
[E] And he said with a smile
_ [D] It was the [E] touch of the [A] master's hand
It was [D] the touch of the master's _ hand
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
Now you know many a man _ [E]
out of two
[D] Is battered and scarred [A] with sin
_ And he's auctioneered cheap [C#m] to a thankless world
[D] Much like the old [E] violin
_ _ [A] Then the master comes and [C#m] the foolish crowd
[D] They never [A] run the [B]
same
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] The worth of a soul and [E] the change that's made
Just [D] by the touch of [A] the master's hand
And then he cried out
One, give me one thousand, who'll make it two
[Bm] Only two thousand, who'll make it three
_ _ [E]
Three thousand twice, now that's a good price
[D]
But who's got a bid [A] for me
The people called out, who made the [Bm] change
We don't _ understand
Then [E] the auctioneer stopped
_ And he said with a smile
It [D] was the _ _ touch of the [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A]
master's hand
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