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