Roses For Mama chords by
The Nightriders

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Key: G major

Intro 1

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