'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"G2GA BGBc | "G"d2dc B2AG | "Am"A2A2 A2A2 | "D"ABAF D2D2 |
"G"GFGA B2AA | "G"B2c2 d3 B | "Am"A2AB A2GG | "D"A2GF "G"G2 :|
|: z2 |\
"G"d4 B3A | "G"BcBA G3 A |  "G"B2Bc d2B2 | "Am"A2AB "D"A2D2 |
"G"G4 G3A | "G"B2Bc d2BB | "Am"A2A2 "D"B2BA | "C"G2G2 "G"G2 :|

Alternative sources for this tune:

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