'Tis the Gift to be Simple

X: 168
T: 'Tis the Gift to be Simple
R: reel
Z: 2012 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
B: NEFR #168
H: Shaker song attributed to the Elder Joseph Brackett, 1848;
H: from Rounder Record 0078 "Early Shaker Spirituals".
M: C
L: 1/8
K: G
DD |\
"G"G2 GA BG Bc | "G"d2 dc B2 AG | "Am"A2 A2 A2 A2 | "D" AB AF D2 D2 |
"G"GF GA B2 AA | "G"B2 c2 d3  B | "Am"A2 AB A2 GG | "D"A2 GF "G"G2 :|
|: z2 |\
"G"d4 B3 A | "G"Bc BA G3  A | "G"B2 Bc d2 B2 | "Am"A2 AB "D"A2 D2 |
"G"G4 G3 A | "G"B2 Bc d2 BB | "Am"A2 A2 "D"B2 BA | "C"G2 G2 "G"G2 :|

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Contra/NEFR/NEFRT/0163
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Contra/NEFRX/0170
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/session/NEFR/Tis_the_Gift_to_be_Simple/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/session/NEFR/reel/Tis_the_Gift_to_be_Simple/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/session/NFR/NEFR/Tis_the_Gift_to_be_Simple/0000