Chords for The Sweetest Gift (with Lyrics) - Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt
Tempo:
70.7 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Cm
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
You're the fastest talking southern girl.
Well, I'm not a southern girl.
[Cm] I'm from the Far East.
[C] Well, Far East of Tennessee, anyway.
You know, I'm really glad that we had [Bb] this time to spend, and I think it's only fair that I get to make a request.
My mama used to sing a song called The Sweetest Gift when she was a little girl,
and she loved the record that you and Linda had on it, and she asked me if I'd have you sing it today.
So would you do that?
Sure.
Well, okay.
[C] This is for your mama.
Right?
For my Mm-hmm.
One day a novel went to a printing,
Did she [G] have [C] any more special things than those words?
How much she loved him, it [G] did not matter [C] what he had done.
She did not bring to him a crown of thorns,
She brought [G] no sun, no [C] moon, no star to see.
It was a halo sent down [F] from heaven,
The [C] sweetest gift, [G] a [C] mother's smile.
[F] [C]
[G] [C] Can I sing one now?
She left a smile, you can remember.
[G] She's gone to heaven from [C] heartache free.
Those walls around you could never change her.
You [G] were her baby and [C] everything.
She did not bring to him a pearl or a heart,
She [G] brought no sun, no [C] moon, no star to see.
It was a halo sent [F] down from heaven,
The [C] sweetest gift, [G] a [C] mother's smile.
She did not bring to him a pearl or a heart,
She [G] brought no sun, no moon, no [C] star to see.
It was a halo sent [F] down from heaven,
The [C] sweetest gift, [G] a [C] mother's smile.
The sweetest [G] gift, a [C] mother's smile.
Well, I'm not a southern girl.
[Cm] I'm from the Far East.
[C] Well, Far East of Tennessee, anyway.
You know, I'm really glad that we had [Bb] this time to spend, and I think it's only fair that I get to make a request.
My mama used to sing a song called The Sweetest Gift when she was a little girl,
and she loved the record that you and Linda had on it, and she asked me if I'd have you sing it today.
So would you do that?
Sure.
Well, okay.
[C] This is for your mama.
Right?
For my Mm-hmm.
One day a novel went to a printing,
Did she [G] have [C] any more special things than those words?
How much she loved him, it [G] did not matter [C] what he had done.
She did not bring to him a crown of thorns,
She brought [G] no sun, no [C] moon, no star to see.
It was a halo sent down [F] from heaven,
The [C] sweetest gift, [G] a [C] mother's smile.
[F] [C]
[G] [C] Can I sing one now?
She left a smile, you can remember.
[G] She's gone to heaven from [C] heartache free.
Those walls around you could never change her.
You [G] were her baby and [C] everything.
She did not bring to him a pearl or a heart,
She [G] brought no sun, no [C] moon, no star to see.
It was a halo sent [F] down from heaven,
The [C] sweetest gift, [G] a [C] mother's smile.
She did not bring to him a pearl or a heart,
She [G] brought no sun, no moon, no [C] star to see.
It was a halo sent [F] down from heaven,
The [C] sweetest gift, [G] a [C] mother's smile.
The sweetest [G] gift, a [C] mother's smile.
Key:
C
G
F
Cm
Bb
C
G
F
_ _ You're the fastest talking southern girl.
Well, I'm not a southern girl.
[Cm] I'm from the Far East.
[C] Well, Far East of Tennessee, anyway.
You know, I'm really glad that we had [Bb] this time to spend, and I think it's only fair that I get to make a request.
My mama used to sing a song called The Sweetest Gift when she was a little girl,
and she loved the record that you and Linda had on it, and she asked me if I'd have you sing it today.
So would you do that?
Sure.
Well, okay.
[C] This is for your mama.
Right?
For my_ Mm-hmm.
_ One day a novel went to a printing,
Did she [G] have [C] any more special things than those words?
How much she loved him, it [G] did not matter [C] what he had done.
She did not bring to him a crown of thorns,
She brought [G] no sun, no [C] moon, no star to see.
It was a halo sent down [F] from heaven,
The [C] sweetest gift, [G] a [C] mother's smile. _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ Can I sing one now?
She left a smile, you can remember.
[G] She's gone to heaven from [C] heartache free.
_ Those walls around you could never change her.
You [G] were her baby and [C] everything.
She did not bring to him a pearl or a heart,
She [G] brought no sun, no [C] moon, no star to see.
It was a halo sent [F] down from heaven,
The [C] sweetest gift, [G] a [C] mother's smile.
She did not bring to him a pearl or a heart,
She [G] brought no sun, no moon, no [C] star to see.
It was a halo sent [F] down from heaven,
The [C] sweetest gift, [G] a [C] mother's smile.
The sweetest [G] gift, a _ [C] mother's smile. _ _
Well, I'm not a southern girl.
[Cm] I'm from the Far East.
[C] Well, Far East of Tennessee, anyway.
You know, I'm really glad that we had [Bb] this time to spend, and I think it's only fair that I get to make a request.
My mama used to sing a song called The Sweetest Gift when she was a little girl,
and she loved the record that you and Linda had on it, and she asked me if I'd have you sing it today.
So would you do that?
Sure.
Well, okay.
[C] This is for your mama.
Right?
For my_ Mm-hmm.
_ One day a novel went to a printing,
Did she [G] have [C] any more special things than those words?
How much she loved him, it [G] did not matter [C] what he had done.
She did not bring to him a crown of thorns,
She brought [G] no sun, no [C] moon, no star to see.
It was a halo sent down [F] from heaven,
The [C] sweetest gift, [G] a [C] mother's smile. _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ Can I sing one now?
She left a smile, you can remember.
[G] She's gone to heaven from [C] heartache free.
_ Those walls around you could never change her.
You [G] were her baby and [C] everything.
She did not bring to him a pearl or a heart,
She [G] brought no sun, no [C] moon, no star to see.
It was a halo sent [F] down from heaven,
The [C] sweetest gift, [G] a [C] mother's smile.
She did not bring to him a pearl or a heart,
She [G] brought no sun, no moon, no [C] star to see.
It was a halo sent [F] down from heaven,
The [C] sweetest gift, [G] a [C] mother's smile.
The sweetest [G] gift, a _ [C] mother's smile. _ _