Harris Emmylou - The Sweetest Gift guitar tab

THE SWEETEST GIFT

charted by Bo Frazer

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This is a wonderful song originally by The Blue Sky Boys, I think,

made most famous by Linda Ronstadt & EmmyLou Harris, Judds, and

last (but best, imho) Hazel Dickens & Alice Girard. My wife and I

do it in our church every Mother's Day. In the chorus, there's an

echo thing happening, where the two vocal parts are not simultaneous.

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Verse1:

C

One day a mother came to a prison

G C

To see an erring but precious son.

She told the warden how much she loved him;

G C

It did not matter what he had done.

Chorus:

C

She did not bring a parole or pardon.

(bring to him) (pardon plea)

G C

She brought no silver no pomp or style.

(brought no gold) (none to see)

F

It was a halo sent down from heaven,

(halo bright) (heaven's light)

C G C

The sweetest gift, a mother's smile.

Verse2:

Her boy had wandered far from the fireside,

Though she had pleaded with him each night.

But not a word did she ever utter;

Her heart was flowing, her smile was bright.

[CHORUS]

Verse3:

She left a smile you can remember.

She's gone to heaven from heartache's grief.

Those walls around you will never change you;

You were her baby and e'er will be.

[CHORUS]