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                           Gladdest Thing - Deb Talan
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Tuning:  Standard, Capo III

Dadd9: 200230

Strumming: Alternate hitting the base note and strumming the higher strings of the chord.

Intro:  G Dadd9 C C
        G Dadd9 C Dsus


G                    Dadd9
I will be the gladdest thing
C                    C
Under the sun
G                    Dadd9
I will touch a hundred flowers
C                    Dsus
And not pick one.

G                    Dadd9
I will look at cliffs and clouds
       C               Em
With quiet eyes,
Am                       Em
Watch the wind bow down the grass,
Am                         Dsus
And the grass rise.

G Dadd9 C C
G Dadd9 C Dsus

Am                              Em
Doesn't each of us have a place
Em
Where we belong.
Am
Could be a sidewalk crack
Dsus
Or a sad song.

Am                       Em
Inside our searchings is desire
Am        Bm                Em
To etch a silent thought in stone
Am        Bm           Em     C  Dsus
To make a tender heart known.

G                    Dadd9
I will be the gladdest thing
C                    C
Under the sun
G                    Dadd9
I will touch a hundred flowers
C                    Dsus
And not pick one.

G                    Dadd9
I will look at cliffs and clouds
       C               Em
With quiet eyes,
Am                       Em
Watch the wind bow down the grass,
Am                         Dsus
And the grass rise.

Am                         Em
And when the lights begin to show
F
Up from the town,
Am                                   Em
I will mark which must be mine,
C               D         G Dadd9 C C
And then start down!

G Dadd9 C Dsus

Am                              Em
Everybody wants to be a hero
Am                              Dsus
Or a savior of small things
Am                              Em
I want to be champion of evening
Am                Bm            Em    C   Dsus
To forget not the beauty of the in-betweens.

Em                 Dadd9
Every one of us an orphan
           Am        C            Dsus
Our bodies born from dust of the stars.
Em                  Dadd9
We can comfort each other in this place
Am                   C
I can look into your eyes
           Dsus
And see my own face.

G Dadd9 C C

G                    Dadd9
I will be the gladdest thing
C                    C
Under the sun
G                    Dadd9
I will touch a hundred flowers
C                    Dsus
And not pick one.

G                    Dadd9
I will look at cliffs and clouds
       C               Em
With quiet eyes,
Am                       Em
Watch the wind bow down the grass,
Am                         Dsus
And the grass rise.

Am                         Em
And when the lights begin to show
F
Up from the town,
Am                        Em
I will mark which must be mine,
C        D          G Dadd9 C
And then start down!
C        D        G Dadd9 C
And then start down
C     G Dadd9 C C
Start down

G Dadd9 C C
G Dadd9 C C