A9 My mother bought it secondhand B?/A A From a silent movie star A9/C# D9 D It was out of tune but still I learned to play F#m D And with each note we both would smile F#m C#m Forgetting who we are Dm E A4 And all the pain would simply fly away D A Something secondhand and broken D A Still can make a pretty sound D/F# A/E B/D# C#/F Even if it doesn't have a place to live F#m A/E Oh, the words were left unspoken F#m/Eb Dm When my Mama came around A/C# Dm But that Secondhand White Baby Grand F#m E A9 A Still had something beautiful to give Bb9 Through missing keys and broken strings C?/Bb Bb The music was our own Bb9/D Eb9 Eb Until the day we said our last goodbyes Gm Eb The baby grand was sent away Gm Dm A child all alone Ebm F Bb To pray somebody else would realize Eb Bb That something secondhand and broken Eb Bb Still can make a pretty sound Eb/G Bb/F C/E D/F# Even if it doesn't have a place to live Gm Bb/F Oh, the words are still unspoken Gm/E Ebm Now that Mama's not around Bb/D Ebm But that Secondhand White Baby Grand Gm F Bb9 Bb Still has something beautiful to give F#/Bb Bb For many years the music had to roam Dm E Until we found a way to find a home A9 So now I wake up every day B?/A A And see her standing there A9/C# D9 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 A4 A I'll play her song till everybody knows D A That something secondhand and broken D A Still can make a pretty sound D/F# A/E B/D# C#/F Don't we all deserve a family room to live F#m A/E Oh, the words can't stay unspoken F#m/Eb Dm Until everyone has found A/C# Dm That Secondhand White Baby Grand F#m Dm E A9 A That still has something beautiful to give Dm/F E A I still have something beautiful to give