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The Gifts They Gave by Johnny Cash


   The Gifts They Gave 



Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Jesus our King, kind and good
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Was humbly born in a stable of wood
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And the lowly beasts around Him stood
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Jesus our King, kind and good
 
[Verse 2]
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"I", said the donkey, shaggy and brown
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"I carried His mother up and down
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I carried His mother to Bethlehem town"
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"I", said the donkey, shaggy and brown
 
[Verse 3]
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"I", said the ox, "This was my hay
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I gave Him my manger, 'twas here that He lay
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I gave Him my manger, 'twas here that He lay"
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"I", said the ox, "This was my hay"
 
[Verse 4]
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"I" said the sheep with pearly horn
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"I gave Him my wool for a blanket warm
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He wore my coat on Christmas morn"
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"I", said the sheep with pearly horn
 
[Verse 5]
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"I", said the dove, from the rafters high
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"I sang Him to sleep that He would not cry
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We sang Him to sleep, my love and I"
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"I", said the dove, from the rafters high
 
[Verse 6]
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And so every heart, by some good spell
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In the stable dark, was glad to tell
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Of the gift that he gave to Emmanuel
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Of the gift that he gave to Emmanuel




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