Capo 4 This is the easy way to play this. You can capo on 1 and play in the key of F5 D5 B5 Namesake to Elisabeth, her daddy's pride and joy G5 Baptized in her mama's tears soon after she was born D5 B5 'Cause the doctor said she'd never live to see her sweet sixteen G5 D5 G5 E5 It's a miracle she beat those odds and there's still no promise she will see tomorrow B5 A5 G5 It makes me wonder how life can give someone so much and take so much away Refr?o D5 B5 G5 Oh, Elisabeth, you're a teacher you're a saint A5 G5 And I'm so glad you came to us D5 B5 G5 Elisabeth, you make the world a better place B5 A5 E5 With the kindness of your smile and your love G5 D5 And your beauty will live on and on, Elisabeth She might not ever marry or hold a baby of her own Things we all take for granted are the things she may never know But she believes there's always hope and that's all she really has So she walks through life with passion and with dignity and class And when she cries, she cries in silence but never for herself She cries for everybody else, for everybody else Chorus Chorus