`AmEmEm7AmEmEm7CDG
`G
Well, it was battered and scarred
`D
An the auctioneer felt
`CG
It was hardly worth his while
` D
To waste much time on the old violin
` CAm7D
But he held it up with a smile
`G
It sure ain't much
`D
But it's all we got left
`CAm
I guess we ought to sell it too
`GD
Now who'll start the bid on this old violin
`CAm7G
Just one more and we'll be through
`G
And then he cried
One, give me one dollar
Who'll make it two
`Am
Only two dollars
Who'll make it three
`Am7
Three dollars twice
`D
Now that's a good price
`CG
But who's got a bid for me
Raise up your hand
And don't wait any longer
`AmAm7
The auction's about to end
`D
Who's got four
Just one dollar more
`CDG
To bid on this old violin
`G
Well the air was hot
`D
And the people stood around
`CG
As the sun was setting low
` D
From the back of the crowd a gray-haired man
`CAmD
Came forward, picked up the bow
`GD
He wiped the dust from the old violin
`CAm
And tightened up the strings
`GD
Then he played out a melody pure and sweet
`CG
sweeter than the angels sing
`D
And then the music stopped
`AmCG
And the auctioneer with a voice that was quiet and low
`EmC
He said What am I bid for this old violin
`GD Mod E
Then he held it up with a bow
`A
And then he cried out one give me one thousand,
` Bm
Who’ll make it two only two thousand who’ll make it three,
`Bm7E
Three thousand twice you know that’s a good price,
`DA
Common who’s gonna bid for me?
` BmBm7
And the people cried out what made the change we don’t understand,
` E
Then the auctioneer stopped and he said with a smile,
`DEA
It was the touch of the Master’s hand
`A
Now you know
` E
Many a man with a life out of tune
`DA
Is battered and scarred with sin
` E
And he's auctioned cheap to a thankless world
`DBmE
Much like that old violin
`AE
Then the master comes and the foolish crowd
`DABm
They never understand
`A
The worth of a soul
`E
And the change that is wrought
`DEA
Just by one touch of the Master's hand
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