Chords for Touch of the Master's Hand ~ Danny Gans

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Well it was battered and [E] scarred and the auctioneer felt it was hardly [A] worth his while _
To waste much time [E] on the old violin, [D] but he [Bm] held it up [E] with a smile _
[A] Well, it sure ain't much [E] but it's all we got left [D] I guess [A] we ought to sell [B] this too _ _
_ _ _ [A] Oh now who's thought the bid [E] on this old violin?
[D] Just one [Bm] more and [A] we'll be through
And then he cried one, give me one dollar
Who'll make it two?
[Bm] Only two dollars
Who'll make it three?
_ _ Three dollars twice
[E] Now that's a good price
[D] Now 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?
Just one dollar more
[D] To bid [E] on this [Bm] _ old [F#m] violin _ _ _
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[A] Well the air was hot [E] and the people stood around
[D] As the sun was [A] setting low
[D] At [A] the back of the crowd [G#m] a gray-haired man
[D] Came [Bm] forward and picked [E] up the bow _
[A] He wiped the dust from [E] that old violin
[D] And he tied [A] him down [F#] the stream _ _
[B] _ _ And [A] then he played out a [E] melody pure as sweet
[D] Sweeter than the angels [D] sing
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[G#m] And when the music stopped [F#m] and the auctioneer
[D] With a voice that was quiet [A] and low
He [C#m] said, now what'll you bid for [F#m] this old violin?
[D] And he [Bm] held it [E] up with the bow _
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_ And then he [B] cried one, give me one thousand
Who'll make it two?
[E] Only two thousand
Who'll make it three?
_ [F#] Three thousand twice
Now that's a good price
[E] Now who's gonna bid for [B] me?
[F#] _ [B] And the people cried out
What made the [E] change?
We don't understand _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] Then the auctioneer stopped [B] and he said with a [F#] smile
You _ _ _ _ [B] know there's many [F#] a man with his life at a tune
[E] Battered and scarred with sin
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[B] And he's [F#] auctioned cheap to a thankless world
[E] Much like that [F#] old violin _
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_ _ But [B] then the master comes
[F#] That old foolish crowd
_ [E] They never [C#m] understand
_ _ _ _ _ The [B] worth of a soul on [F#] the chain
That is won [E] just by one touch
Of [F#] the [B] master's hand
_ [F#] _ [E] And then he [B] cried one, give me one thousand
Who'll make it two?
[E] Only two thousand
[B] Who'll make it three? _ _
[F#] Three thousand twice
Now that's a good price
[E] Now who's gonna bid for [B] me? _
And the people cried out
What made the [E] change?
We don't _ understand _ _
_ _ _ [F#] Then the auctioneer stopped and he said with a smile
_ _ It [E] was the touch _ _ [F#] of the _ _ master's hand _ _ _ _
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