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{t:Gingerbread Man, The} {artist: Keith Potger} {subtitle:Words and music by Keith Potger and Nicki Gillis} {key: D} {tempo:119} https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE7gIc4644s Capo on 2 {c: ℗ 2016 Circle Music - Released on: 2016-01-11} [G] [D] [A7] [D] (whistle) [G] [D] [A7] [D] x2 Verse 1: [G] Early this [D] morning I [A7] woke from a [D] dream I [G] dreamt of a [D] valley that [A7] I'd never [D] seen A [G] magical [D] place in a [A7] faraway [D] land With a [G] gingerbread [D] house and a [A7] gingerbread [D] man Middle 1: [A7] He seemed to [D] know me, [A7] to my sur-[D] prise The [A7] gingerbread [D] man was in-[E7] credibly [A7] wise Verse 2: We [G] walked through that [D] valley and [A7] sat by a [D] stream He [G] told me that [D] nothing's as [A7] bad as it [D] seems [G] Nothing is [D] perfect and [A7] nothing will [D] last [G] Live in the [D] moment but [A7] cherish the [D] past *Musical interlude (whistle) [G] [D] [A7] [D] x2 Middle 2: He [A7] told me that [D] life gets [A7] harder to [D] live When-[A7] ever we blame and [E7] never for-[A7] give Verse 3: And [G] now as I [D] lie here a-[A7] wake in my [D] bed [G] I can re-[D] call every [A7] word that he [D] said "What-[G] ever you [D] do, do the [A7] best that you [D] can" [G] That's what he [D] told me, the [A7] gingerbread [D] man. *Musical interlude (whistle) [G] [D] [A7] [D] x2 [D] Bridge: And he said: [Em] "Sometimes life won't go to plan, it [D] happens. If [Em] someone asks for help some day, it [A] could be you, don't [A7] turn away." Verse 4 and tag: So what-[G] ever you [D] do, do the [A7] best that you [D] can [G] That's what I [D] learned from the [A7] gingerbread [D] man It was [G] only a [D] dream in a [A7] faraway [D] land But [G] we can all [D] learn from the [A7] gingerbread [D] man. "What-[G] ever you [D] do, do the [A7] best that you [D] can" Yes [G] we can all [D] learn from (slowing) the [A7] gingerbread [D] man (pause) [A7] 1,2,3,4 (whistle and fade out) [G] [D] [A7] [D] x4 {c: Thanks to Garry Owen}