A Touch Of The Masters Hand by Unknow
Key: AmAm | Capo: 2fr |  Left-Handed 

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`G
Well, it was battered and scarred
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An the auctioneer felt
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It was hardly worth his while
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To waste much time on the old violin
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But he held it up with a smile
`G
It sure ain't much
`D
But it's all we got left
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I guess we ought to sell it too
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Now who'll start the bid on this old violin
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Just one more and we'll be through

`G
And then he cried

One, give me one dollar

Who'll make it two
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Only two dollars

Who'll make it three
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Three dollars twice
`D
Now that's a good price
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But who's got a bid for me

Raise up your hand

And don't wait any longer
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The auction's about to end
`D
Who's got four

Just one dollar more
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To bid on this old violin

`G
Well the air was hot
`D
And the people stood around
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As the sun was setting low
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From the back of the crowd a gray-haired man
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Came forward, picked up the bow
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He wiped the dust from the old violin
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And tightened up the strings
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Then he played out a melody pure and sweet
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sweeter than the angels sing

`D
And then the music stopped
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And the auctioneer with a voice that was quiet and low
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He said What am I bid for this old violin
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Then he held it up with a bow

`A
And then he cried out one give me one thousand,
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Who’ll make it two only two thousand who’ll make it three,
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Three thousand twice you know that’s a good price,
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Common who’s gonna bid for me?
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And the people cried out what made the change we don’t understand,
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Then the auctioneer stopped and he said with a smile,
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It was the touch of the Master’s hand

`A
Now you know
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Many a man with a life out of tune
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Is battered and scarred with sin
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And he's auctioned cheap to a thankless world
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Much like that old violin
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Then the master comes and the foolish crowd
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They never understand
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The worth of a soul
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And the change that is wrought
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Just by one touch of the Master's hand