A5 My mother bought it secondhand B5 A5 From a silent movie star A5 D5 D5 It was out of tune but still I learned to play F#5 D5 And with each note we both would smile F#5 C#5 Forgetting who we are D5 E5 A5 And all the pain would simply fly away D5 A5 Something secondhand and broken D5 A5 Still can make a pretty sound D5 A5 B5 C#5 Even if it doesn't have a place to live F#5 A5 Oh, the words were left unspoken F#5 D5 When my Mama came around A5 D5 But that Secondhand White Baby Grand F#5 E5 A5 A5 Still had something beautiful to give Bb5 Through missing keys and broken strings C5 Bb5 The music was our own Bb5 Eb5 Eb5 Until the day we said our last goodbyes G5 Eb5 The baby grand was sent away G5 D5 A child all alone Eb5 F5 Bb5 To pray somebody else would realize Eb5 Bb5 That something secondhand and broken Eb5 Bb5 Still can make a pretty sound Eb5 Bb5 C5 D5 Even if it doesn't have a place to live G5 Bb5 Oh, the words are still unspoken G5 Eb5 Now that Mama's not around Bb5 Eb5 But that Secondhand White Baby Grand G5 F5 Bb5 Bb5 Still has something beautiful to give F#5 Bb5 For many years the music had to roam D5 E5 Until we found a way to find a home A5 So now I wake up every day B5 A5 And see her standing there A5 D5 D5 Just waiting for a partner to compose F#5 D5 And I wish my mother still could hear F#5 C#5 That sound beyond compare D5 E5 A5 A5 I'll play her song till everybody knows D5 A5 That something secondhand and broken D5 A5 Still can make a pretty sound D5 A5 B5 C#5 Don't we all deserve a family room to live F#5 A5 Oh, the words can't stay unspoken F#5 D5 Until everyone has found A5 D5 That Secondhand White Baby Grand F#5 D5 E5 A5 A5 That still has something beautiful to give D5 E5 A5 I still have something beautiful to give
