Jim's Giant Harmonica Songbook
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Simple Gifts


With guitar chords in key of C
Tabulated for the harmonica by Jack Earl
        C         Am
  3  3  4   4  -4  5   4
'Tis a gift to be sim-ple,

         C         Am
  5 -5   6   6 -5   5
'tis a gift to be free;

        Dm
 -4  4  -4  -4  -4    4
'Tis a gift to come down 

 G7
  -4   5    -4  -3  3
where you ought to be.

     C                Am
 3   4   -3  4   -4   5   4
And when we find our-sel-ves 

         C          Am
 5 -5    6   6  -5   5
in the place ju-st right,

       Dm         G
 -4 4  -4 -4 -4   5   5
Twi-ll be in the val-ley 

     C   F       C
-4   4   4   4   4
of love and de-light.

      Am       C            Am
  6    5  -4   5  -5 5  -4   4
When true sim-pli-ci-ty is gained

               Am7
-4  5   5  -5   6
To bow and to bend

       G7
-5 5   -4   -4 5   -4
 w-e shan't be a-shamed.

    C      Am         C         Am
 3  4 -4    5   5 -5  6  6  -5   5
To tu-rn, turn wi-ll be our de-light,

         Dm        G7          C     F     C
 -4   4  -4  -4    5    5  -4  4     4     4
'Til by turn-ing, turn-ing we come 'round right.

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