Chords:
{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}
