Chords for Joey + Rory "The Gift"

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[G#m] _ _ [F#] A poor orphan [D#m] girl [C#] named Maria _
[F#] _ was walking to market [C#] one day.
_ _ She stopped for a rest by the _ roadside _ where
a bird with a [F#] broken wing lay.
[A#m] _ [B] _ [F#] A few moments passed till [C#] she saw it,
[F#] _ _ for its feathers were covered _ [C#] with sand.
_ It soon cleaned and wrapped it was traveling
[G#m] _ [C#] in the warmth of Maria's [F#] small hand.
_ _ [B] She happily spent her last peso _ _ [F#] on a cage [C#] made of rushes [F#] and _ twine.
_ [B] She fed it loose corn from the market _ and [F#] watched
it grow stronger [C#] with time.
Now [F#] the Christmas Eve service was coming
_ _ and the church shone with tinsel [C#] and light.
_ _ And all of the town folk brought presents
_ _ to lay by the [F#] manger that night.
_ [G#m] _ [F#] There were diamonds [B] and incense [A#m] and [D#m] perfumes
_ [F#] and packages fit [C#] for a kid.
But for one ragged bird in a small _ cage,
_ Maria had [F#] nothing to bring.
_ _ [B] She waited till just before midnight
_ _ [F#] so no [C#] one would see her [F#] go in.
_ _ _ [B] _ Crying, she knelt by the manger _ for [F#] her gift was unworthy _ [C#] of him.
Then [F#] a voice spoke to her through the _ darkness,
_ _ Maria, what brings [C#] you to me?
_ If the bird in the cage is your offering,
_ _ _ _ open the door, [F#] let me see.
_ [G#m] Though [F#] she trembled, she [B] did [F#] as he asked [D#m] her.
_ [F#] And out of the cage the [C#] bird flew.
_ _ _ Soaring up into the _ _ rafters on a wing that had healed [F#] just as new.
_ _ _ [B] Just then the midnight bells rang out
_ [F#] and the little [C#] bird started [F#] to sing a _ [B] song that no words could recapture,
_ _ [F#] whose beauty was fit [C#] for a king.
_ Now [F#] Maria [D#] felt blessed [A#m] just to [F#] listen _ to that cascade of notes [C#] sweet and [G#m] long
_ [C#] as her offering was lifted to heaven _ by the [C] very [C#] _ [B] first [A#m] _ _ [G#m] _
_ nightingale _ _ _ song.
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I love that song honey.
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