Chords for Faded Rose

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_ [E] _ _ You know all [A] too soon, [D] seemingly our children grow up [G] overnight.
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They [D] get married, some of them go to college.
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[D] They move away from home to New York and Chicago and [A] other places.
_ [D] But the saddest thing about it is that they forget that they have a darling mother [G] back home.
_ So it is I'm thinking about a young man [D] who left and moved away [A] to Germany.
[B] _ _ [D] And while he was [Bm] there, he was critically [E] wounded so much so [G] that the doctor said [A] that he never would walk again.
[D] _ He had braces on his [G] legs.
And [Gm] _ [D] another sad thing happened to that young [G] man.
He [D] lost his mother _ and the [A] family tried to get in touch with [D] him, but to no avail. _
And finally [G] we see that young man _ standing with braces [D] on his legs before a fresh [A] grave with one [D] faded rose in his hand.
And [Bm] as he began to drop the [E] petals from the rose on that grave, [A] he began to [D] talk to his mother.
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These are some of the words [D] that he would sing to his mother.
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Petals from [D] _ _ _ this faded rose, mama, [G] _ is all I _ [D] have to give.
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_ But [D] mama, I try [Bm] _
to _ [E] give you _ [A] flowers _
_ _ [D] every now and _ [G]
then.
[Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ If _ _ _ [G] I have _ _ _
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to grieve [D] with you [A] _
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_ _ [D] from your sleep _ _ as [A] _ _ _ _ [E]
eternal ages [A] _ go. _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ So [A] petals _ from [D] _ _ _ this faded rose [G] is all I have _ [D] to give.
_ [A] _
_ But [D] mama, I try [Bm] _ _
_ _ [E] to make you [A] happy _ _ [D] while you live.
[G] _
[Gm] You know, while that [D] young man stood there [G] _
dropping [D] the petals _ on [A] that fresh grave, _ [D] _ two of his sisters drove up in a reclined [G] car.
They got out and they put their arms about his [D] shoulder.
_ _ [A] One of the sisters said, brother, [D] don't cry.
I said, you know, we did [Bm] all we could to get in touch [E] with you.
_ But one [A] thing I did, I [D] knew that you would be pleased with.
[G] _
[Gm] I took my [D] diamond ring and I placed [A] it on mama's finger.
[D] _ And the other [A] sister said, _ [D] brother, do you remember that fur coat that I had?
[G] I draped it about mama's shoulder.
But [D] the young man standing there [A] crying couldn't think about [D] diamonds and furs.
[Bm] All he could think of was that [E] the best friend he had [A] was gone.
And with a [D] few more petals left on that [G] rose, [Gm] he continued to [D] drop them on the grave.
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Diamond [D] rings _ _ and silver things, [G] mama, I never, _ _ I [D] never had to give.
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But [D] mama, I [Bm] tried _ _ to [E] give you a flower _ _ [A] _
_ [D] every now and [G] then. _
[Gm] _ [D] Yes, I did. _ _ _
If [G] I _ _ had been _ dying _ _ _ _ _
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with [D] gold, _ _ _ _ _ but that [Bm] would wake you [D] from your sleep. _ _
[A] As eternal _ [E] _ ages [A] _ _ roll, _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ so petals run. _
_ _ These faded robes [G] is all I _ [D] have to give.
[A] But mama, [D] I tried _ [Bm] _ _ _ to [E] make you _ [A] happy _ _ [D] while you _ [G] lived.
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