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 
 
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