Chords for Touch of the Master's Hand by the Booth Brothers

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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
Well, it was battered and [E] scarred and the auctioneer felt [A] it was hardly worth his while.
[Em] _
[A] He didn't waste much [E] time on the old violin, [D] but he [E] held it up with a smile.
He [A] said, it sure ain't much, [E] but it's all we've got [D] left.
I guess [A] we ought to sell [Em] it too. _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] Oh, [A] now who'll start to bid [E] on this old violin?
[D] Just one [A] more and we'll be through.
_ _ [D] And then he [A] cried, one, give me one dollar, who'll make it two?
[Bm] Only two dollars, who'll make it three? _
Three [F#m] dollars twice, [E] now that's a good price.
[D] _ [F#m] Who's gonna bid for me?
[E] _ _
[A] Raise up your hand now, don't wait any longer, [Bm] the auction's about to end. _
[E] Who's got four?
[A] Just one [E] dollar more to [F#m] bid on this [Bm] _ old _
[F#m] violin.
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Well, _ [E] _ [A] the air was hot [E] and the people stood around [D] as the sun [A] was setting low.
And from the back of the crowd, [E] a gray-haired man [D] came forward [Bm] and picked up [E] the bow.
_ [A] He wiped the dust [E] from the old violin [F#m] and he tightened [A] up the _ strings.
[F#m] _ _ _
[A] Then he played out a [E] melody pure and sweet, [D] sweeter than [A] the angels sing.
_ _ And [C#m] then the music [E] stopped [F#m] and the auctioneer, with a voice that was quiet [A] and low,
he [C#m] said, now what am I bid [F#m] for this old violin?
[D] And he held [Bm] it up [A] with a _ _ [E] bow. _ _
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _ Then he cried [B] out, one, give me one thousand, who'll make it two?
[C#m] Only two thousand, who'll make it three? _ _
[B] Three thousand [F#] twice, you know that's a good price.
Come [E] on, who's gonna bid [B] for me? _
And the people cried out, what made the change?
[E] We [C#m] don't _ _ _ understand.
_ _ _ [B] Then the auctioneer stopped and he said with a _ smile,
it was [E] the _ touch of the _
[B] _ master's hand. _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ You know [B] there's many a [F#] man with his life out of tune, [E] _ battered and scarred with [B] sin.
And he's auctioned [F#] cheap to a thankless world much [E] like that [B] old violin. _
_ [F#] _ But then [B] the master comes [F#] and the old foolish crowd,
[E] they never _ _
[C#m] understand the [B] worth of the soul and the [F#] change that is [E] wrought
just by one touch of [B] the _ master's hand.
[F#] One, [E] _ _ [B] give me one thousand, who'll make it two?
[C#m] Only two thousand, who'll make it three?
_ [B] Three thousand twice, [F#] you know that's a good price.
Come [E] on, who's gonna bid for me?
[B] And the people cried out, what made the change?
[E] We don't _ _ understand.
_ _ _ Then [B] the auctioneer stopped and he said with a smile,
it [E] was the _ _ touch,
_ _ [B] _ ooh, _ it _ [E] was the [B] _
[C#m] touch of the [B] _ _ _ master's _ hand.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
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