The Sweetest Gift Live Chords & Lyrics Artist: Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt

Capo: 3rd fret
VERSE
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One day a mother went to a prison
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To see an erring but precious son
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She told the warden how much she loved him
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It did not matter what he had done
 
 
CHORUS
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She did not bring to him a parole or pardon
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She brought no silver, no pomp or style
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It was a halo bright sent down from heaven's light
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The sweetest gift, a mother's smile
 
 
VERSE
 
She left a smile you can remember
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She's gone to Heaven from heartaches free
 
Those walls around you could never change her
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You were her baby and e'er will be
 
 
CHORUS
A
She did not bring to him a parole or pardon
               E7                 A
She brought no silver, no pomp or style
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It was a halo bright sent down from heaven's light
             A     E7         A                
The sweetest gift, a mother's smile
 
 
CHORUS
A
She did not bring to him a parole or pardon
               E7                 A
She brought no silver, no pomp or style
                                    D
It was a halo bright sent down from heaven's light
             A     E7         A                
The sweetest gift, a mother's smile
             A     E7         A                
The sweetest gift, a mother's smile