Chords for Touch of the Master's Hand

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