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Intro: A2 (2 measures same chord)

A2 Bdim/A A My mother bought it secondhand from a silent movie star A2/C# D2 D It was out of tune but still I learned to play F#m D F#m C#m And with each note we both would smile forgetting who we are Dm E D2/A And all the pain would simply fly away Chorus: D A D A Something secondhand and broken still can make a pretty sound D/F# A/E B/D# Even if it doesn't have a place to live C#/F A

F#m A/E F#m/D# Dm Oh, the words were left unspoken when my momma came around A/C# Dm F#m E7 A2 A But that Secondhand White Baby Grand still had something beautiful to give Bb2 Cdim/Bb Bb Through missing keys and broken strings the music was our own Bb2/D Eb2 Eb Until the day we said our last goodbyes Gm Eb Gm Dm Ebm F

The baby grand was sent away, a child all alone, to pray somebody else Eb2/Bb would realize Chorus: Eb Bb Eb Bb That something secondhand and broken still can make a pretty sound Bb

Eb/G Bb/F C/E Even if it doesn't have a place to live

D/F#

Gm Bb/F Gm/E Ebm Oh. the words are still unspoken now that momma's not around Bb/D Ebm Gm F7 Bb2 But that Secondhand White Baby Grand still has something beautiful to give Bb

Bridge: Gb/Bb Bb For many years the music had to roam Dm E Until we found a way to find a home A2 Bdim/A A So now I wake up every day and see her standing there A2/C# D2 D Just waiting for a partner to compose F#m D And I wish my mother still could hear F#m C#m That sound beyond compare Dm E D2/A A I'll play her song til everybody knows.

Chorus: D A D A That something secondhand and broken still can make a pretty sound D/F# A/E B/D# Don't we all deserve a family room to live C#/F

F#m A/E F#m/D# Dm Oh, the words can't stay unspoken until everyone has found A/C# Dm F#m Dm E7 A2 A But that Secondhand White Baby Grand that still had something beautiful to give Dm/F A D I still have something beautiful to give

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