God Gave The Wise Ones

Words & Music:

Traditional

 

SIMPLE CHORDS:

G            D               G           C                  G

God gave the wise ones their wisdom, and to the poets their dreams.

G             D            G             C           Am                    D7

To father and mother their love for each other; but, He left me out, so it seems.

 

I went around broken-hearted; thinking love was an empty affair.

But when God gave me you; it was then that I knew

He had given me more than my share.

 

 

 

MORE COMPLEX CHORDS:

C            G7             C  C7       F                  C

God gave the wise men their wisdom, and to the poets their dreams.

   C          G7           C    G7  C    F C         D7                    G7

To father and mother their love for each other; but, He left me out, so it seemed.

C        G7          C   C7            F                   C

I went around broken-hearted; thinking life was an empty affair.

         C   G7   C  G7          C           F

But when God gave me you, it was then that I knew

       D7       G7           C

He had given me more than my share.

 

 

 




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