Chords for "It's a Gift", Garnet Rogers

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_ _ _ Well, it's a gift to me this waking _ [C] In the hours before the [Gm] sunrise
_ _ _ It's a gift to me [G] this light That gilds the [A] waves across the bay _
_ [C] It's a gift to me [G] the silence Of this old house in the morning
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I watch the [G] sky and weather [A] And I begin another day
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_ _ [G] It's a gift to me these raucous gulls That wheel [Gm] outside my window _ _ _
I watch [G] the sun climb higher And [A] set to file the morning dew _ _ _ _
[C] Small boats [G] outside my window _ Reflect their colors to the water
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gaudy [G] gypsy caravans Bright yellow, [A] red and blue
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[Gm] _ _ [C] a young boy [G] tossing pebbles [A] In [Gm] a tide pool in the channel _
There's [G] an old dog on an errand On [A] his way toward the town
_ I _ [C] hear the voices [G] of my neighbors [Gm] I see a sail out past the island
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_ [G] Sunlight through the gulls' [A] bright wings Slowly circling down
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_ [G] As a boy I walked these broken [C] roads _ [G] From sunrise till evening _
I knew each stone and tree That final mile up [A] to the hill
_ _ _ [C] There's starlight [G] through the clouds The [A] dark trees [G] on the horizon
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] Smell of rain and wood smoke [A] I remember oh so well
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Now [G] I walk out past the iron bridge That reaches to [Gm] the island _ _ _
As brightly [G] painted houses Scattered down [A] _ along the shore _ _ _
[C] I build my [G] fire, I boil my [A] tea I stare [G] out at the water
_ _ _ [C] Once again I [G] am that little kid [A] _ I was long years before _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ There's [G] a heron in the shadows Staring at his own reflection _
_ There's a brown trout in the shallows [A]
In the lake behind the hill
_ _ [D] He waits wide-eyed, [G] silent In the cold and tea-brown water
_ _ _ He's like my heart before I [A] knew You, love, _ _ _ _ _ _ cold and dark and still
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_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ It's a gift to me, [G] the sunset [Gm] burning down The far horizon
_ _ To the east the fat [G] moon rises [A] Past the steeple on the hill _ _ _
_ [G] It's day that I've been given To walk and watch and wonder
_ The night falls upon the little town The stars [A] are bright and chill _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It's a gift to me, these stars that circle slowly
_ [Gm] Around my rooftop _ I turn my [G] face to skyward
[C] To [A] breathe in their ancient light _ _ _ _ [C] My long [G] years hover around me
As I stand there in the darkness _ The [C] night wind rises up and [G] stirs
The grass and whispers [A] _ past me in the night _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] It's a gift to me, the sun and the stone and the
[Gm] Sky and the wind and water _ _ _ _ _ This harbour town that [G] opened
_ [C] To [A] a sea of endless blue _ _ [G] As the sky grows bright above me
My cup is running over _ _ _ Everything I have before me, [A] love
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Oh, I would give it [A] all to you
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[N] _ _ As long as you're in my heart _ _
_ [G] _ _ It's a gift to me, the sunset burning [Gm] down The far horizon _ _
To the east the fat moon [G] rises Past the steeple on [A] the hill _ _ _
It's day [G] that I've been given _ To walk and watch and wonder
_ The night falls upon the little town The stars are [A] bright and chill
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[G] It's a gift to me, these stars that circle slowly
[Gm] Around my rooftop _ I turn my face [G] to skyward
[C] To breathe [A] in their ancient light _ _ _ _ _ _
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