Chords for The Gift (Maria's Song)

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_ A poor orphan girl named _ Maria _
Was walking to market [A] one day
_ She _ stopped for a rest by the _ roadside _
Where a bird with a broken [D] wing lay _
A few moments passed till she saw wings _
For its feathers were covered [A] with sand
But _ soon clean and wrapped it was traveling _
In the warmth of _ Maria's [D] small den
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[F#] [G] She happily gave her last peso _ _
[D] On a cage made of [A]
rushes [D] and twine
[Em] She [D] _ [G] fed her loose corn from the market _
And [D] watched it grow stronger [A] with time
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[D] Now the Christmas Eve service was coming _
And the church shone with tinsel [A] and _ lights
And all of the town folk brought _ presents
To lay by the manger [D] that _ night
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There [D] were diamonds and incense and _ _ perfumes
In packages meant for [A] a king _
But for one ragged bird in a small _ cage
_ Maria had nothing [D] to bring
_ [Em] She [D] _ [G] waited till just before midnight _ _
[D] So no one would see her go in
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[D] And [G] crying she knelt by the manger _ _
[D] For her gift was unworthy [A] of him
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[B] [E] And a boy spoke to her through the darkness
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_ [E] Maria, what brings you [B] to me? _ _ _
If the bird in the cage is your off'ring _
_ Open the door, let [E] me see
She _ _ trembled, she did as he asked her
Out _ _ of the cage the [B] bird flew _ _ _
_ _ Soaring up into the _ _ [F#m] rafters
[B] On a wing that had _ [E] yucca's new
_ [F#m] Just [G#m] _ [A] _ then the midnight bells rang out
[E] And the little [B] bird started [E] to sing
[F#m] A [E] _ [A] song that no words could _ recapture _
[E] Whose beauty was meant [B] for a king _ _
[E] Now Maria felt blessed just to listen
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To [E] that cascade of notes sweet [B] and long _ _
As her off'ring was lifted to heaven _
By the very first _ _ _ _ nightingale's _ _ _ song _
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