Chords for J. D. Sumner - Touch Of The Master's Hand

[N] _ _ [B] _ "'Twas [G] battered [D] and scarred [C] in the auctioneer,
_ "'Thought he scarcely worth his while
[B] _ "'To waste much time on the old violin,
_ [A#] "'But he helped it up with a smile.
[B] _ "'What am I bid, [D] _
[B] good folks?'
he cried.
[C#] _ "'Who'll start the [B] biddin' for me?
_ "'One dollar? _
_ One dollar, then [F#] two?
[D#] "'Two dollars?
We'll make it three.
[B] _ _ _
[D] "'Three dollars once, [B] _ three dollars twice,
[G] _
"'Going, _ going for three.
[F#m] _
"'But no, from the room [F#] far back
"'A gray-haired [B] man came forward and picked up the bow.
_ [F#] _ [B] "'He brushed the [A] dust from the old violin
[D] "'And _ tightened [Bm] _
the loose strings.
[F#] _ _ [C#] "'And he played [C] a melody [D] _ pure and [A] sweet _
[C] "'As a caroling [B] _ [D] angel sings.
_ _ _ "'The music [F#] ceased and [B] the auctioneer [F#m] said
"'In a [B] voice _ soft and low,
_ _ [F#] _
[Em] "'What am I [F#] bid _ for the old violin?'
[A] _ _ "'And he helped it up [B] with a bow.
_ _ "'One thousand [E] dollars, one thousand, who'll make it two?
_ _ _ _ [C#m] "'Two thousand, who'll make [F#m] it three?
_ _ "'Three thousand [B] once, _ three [C#] thousand twice, _
"'Going [F#m] and going,' [B] said he. _ _
"'The people [A] cheered and some of them cried and [B] said,
_ [C] "'We don't quite [E] understand.
_ [F#] _ "'What [D] changed [F#m] its _ worth?'
[C] "'And a quick [E] reply,
_ [F#] "'It was the touch _ [F#m] of a [E] master's [B] hand. _
_ [C#] "'Many a man [F#m] _ whose [C] _
[F#] life is out of tune
"'And he's battered [C] and scarred with sin
[F#m] _ _ "'Is auctioned cheap _ to the [Bm] thoughtless crowd
_ "'Much [E] like the old violin.
_ _ "'A mess of potage, _
[G#] a glass [F#m] of wine,
_ "'A game, [Em] and he travels on.
[D] _ _ [A#] "'He's going once, [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ he's going [B] twice.
_ [F#] _ [E] "'He's going, [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
then [D] the master comes.
_ _ [F#m] _ _
[G#] "'And the [F#] foolish crowd _ [C#] can [E] never _ quite understand
"'The _ [B] worth of a soul [D] and the change,
_ "'The change that's been wrought. _
[F#] _ _ _ "'Touch.'" _ _ _
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