Capo on 3rd fret
rd Fret
Chorus: -(# 1st 2 lines sung a Capella #)-
G C G
Just a little box all covered with blossoms white as snow
C G A7 D
Chinese red and made of brass that he gave her long ago
G C
Like the red dirt Oklahoma hills and the springtime flowering trees
G D G
That she kept with all the love they shared inside her memories
D C G
She got it from her captain when he sailed around the horn
C G D
Bringing gifts from China to their Oklahoma home
G C
There were fancy silks and carved wood chests from the places he had gone
G D G
She kept them all until she died, but this was her favourite one
Chorus:
C G
Just a little box all covered with blossoms white as snow
C G A7 D
Chinese red and made of brass that he gave her long ago
G C
Like the red dirt Oklahoma hills and the springtime flowering trees
G D G D G
That she kept with all the love they shared inside her memories
D C G
And she kept it on her dresser filled with gold and silver rings
C G D
Necklaces of turquoise beads and other things
G C
It filled her heart with the mystery and the magic of the day
G D G
When he gave it to her for her own, in his quiet loving way
D C G
Ten years they spent together, he'd come home and then he'd leave
C G D
One day while she waited, he disappeared at sea
G C
No one knew how she called his name to the silent rocks and stones
G D G
Or how she'd sit and hold that little box, so she would not feel alone
Chorus:
C G
Just a little box all covered with blossoms white as snow
C G A7 D
Chinese red and made of brass that he gave her long ago
G C
Like the red dirt Oklahoma hills and the springtime flowering trees
G D G
That she kept with all the love they shared inside her memories
Instrumental: G C G C G A D G C G D G
D C G
No, she never was a dancer or wrote a fancy line
C G D
The treasures of her life, were the things she left behind
G C
They buried her without them, where the prairie grasses grow
G D G
In China or a woman's heart, there are places no one knows
Chorus:
C G
Just a little box all covered with blossoms white as snow
C G A7 D
Chinese red and made of brass that he gave her long ago
G C
Like the red dirt Oklahoma hills and the springtime flowering trees
G D G
That she kept with all the love they shared inside her memories
C
They buried her without them where the prairie grasses grow
G D G
In China or a woman's heart, there are places no one knows
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