Key: D major•
Intro 1
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G
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Bm
E
Verse 1
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soon seemly our children grow up overnight
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them go to college
and Chicago
it is that they forget
that they have a darling
So it is I'm thinking about a young
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E
he was critically wounded so much
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Gm
He had braces on his legs and another sad
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He lost his mother. And the family tried
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to get in touch with him but to no avail
young man standing
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with braces on his legs before a fresh grave
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with on faded rose in his hand
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from the rose on that grace
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he began to talk to his mother
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Gm
These are some of the words
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Verse 2
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Peddles form this faded roses momma
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is all I have to give
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Bm
But momma I tried to
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give you flowers
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every now and then (now and then)
Verse 3
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I would line your grave with gold
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but wouldn't wake you from your sleep,
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as eternal ages grow
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So peddle form this faded
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rose is all have to give
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But momma I tried to make you happy,
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while you lived
Verse 4
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You know while that
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dropping the peddles on the fresh grave
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two of his sisters drove up in a big fine car
"Brother don't cry
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But one thing I did,
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I took my diamond ring and placed it
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on momma's finger
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and the other sister said
that fur coat that I had
there crying
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couldn't think about diamonds and furs
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Em
thing he had was gone
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he continue to drop them on the grave
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and he said to his mother
Verse 5
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Diamond rings and silver things momma
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I never had, I never had to give
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Bm
but momma I tried to give you
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a flower every now and then
Verse 6
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If I had a million dollars,
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I'd line your grave with gold
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but that wouldn't wake you from your sleep,
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as eternal ages
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Bm
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grow
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD A G Bm E...
D
A
G
Bm
E
Em
Gm
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