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Roses For Mama chords by 
John Greer
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Verse 1
G
C
Roses for Mama,
Am
D
G
D
today's her birthday.
G
Well, I had two weeks vacation coming.
C
D
So I thought I'd drive down to Florida.
Spend some time with an old friend,
get a few girls,
C
make a few parties
D
G
and just kind of live it up again.
So I packed up my car
D
G
C
and then I called my mama in Tennessee
D
and told her what I'd plan to do.
She said, son, are you coming by?
C
D
And I said, mama,
G
I'm really pushed for time,
D
G
but I'll see you in a week or two.
Now, I was driving through
this little town in Georgia
C
when I remembered today's
D
Mama's birthday.
Well, I thought I'd just stop by
C
and get her some flowers.
D
It shouldn't take too long,
G
and then I'd be on my way.
So I walked in the flower shop,
C
and the first thing I saw was this little boy
D
with his eyes full of tears.
I said, what's wrong son?
He said mama loves roses
C
and today's her birthday
D
and I haven't seen her
G
in almost a year.
C
Roses for mama,
Am
D
G
today's her birthday.
C
Roses for mama,
Am
D
G
D
today's her birthday.
G
C
He said, I live with Grandma and Art,
D
but I promised Mama some roses,
cause I talk to her all the time.
C
D
I wanted to give her five,
G
cause that's how old I am,
D
G
but the lady said I couldn't buy
C
them with just a dime.
D
Well, the little fellow's story
kind of touched my heart,
so I told the lady to give
him what he wanted
C
D
and charge it to me.
G
Then I told her I needed
to send a dozen roses
C
D
to my mama up in Chapel Hill, Tennessee.
I looked around and the
G
little boy was gone,
but all of a sudden the door flew open,
he
C
He came running back in
D
and he said, Mister,
G
I forgot to thank you for the roses.
He smiled, shook my hand
and ran back out again.
C
Well, I started out of town
G
D
and I was feeling real proud of myself,
thinking of my mama and really caring.
C
When I looked out of the window,
D
G
I saw that same little boy
kneeling by a grave in an old cemetery.
C
D
I stopped my car and walked over to where
the little boy was kneeling down.
He smiled up at me and said,
C
D
This is where my mama stays.
G
She says thank you for the pretty roses.
C
Well, that's when I had to walk away.
D
G
Then I drove straight back to that flower shop.
I said, lady, have you sent those
C
D
flowers to Tennessee?
G
She said, no, not yet.
Well, I said, never mind.
I'll take them now with me.
C
Am
D
Roses for Mama.
G
Today's their birthday.
C
Roses for Mama,
Am
D
G
today's her birthday.
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