Chords for Johnny Cash - Don't Step on Mother's roses

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We all were called [Ab] to come back [Eb] to the old home on the farm.
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Mother passed. _ _ _ _
What a mournful day.
_ And as my daddy [Ab] watched, his [Eb] eyes were filled with pain and hurt.
_ [Cm] When someone stepped upon a rose [Bb]
and crushed it in the dirt. _
[Eb] Don't step on [Ab] mother's roses, _ [Eb] daddy [Bb] cried.
_ _ She _ _ [Bb] planted [Gm] them the day she was [Eb] my bride. _ _ _
_ [Ab] And every time I see a rose, [Eb] I see [Ebm] her [Eb] smiling face.
_ [F] She made my darkest days look [Bb] bright, round the old home place.
[Eb] Don't step on [Ab] mother's roses, [Eb] let them grow. _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] The way they did since many years ago.
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_ [Ab] They'll bloom for me each year, [Eb] and I'll have mother near.
[F] Don't step on [Bb] mother's roses, [Eb] let them grow. _ _ _ _
_ _ Years [Bb] have passed [Ab] away, and [Eb] how the old home place has changed.
_ _ [Bb] Daddy had, _ _ _ [Eb] we all miss him so.
_ _ _ Children pick [Ab] the roses [Eb] as they go along the way.
[Bb] _ [F] But when their petals are abuted, [Bb] I hear my daddy say.
[Eb] Don't step on [Ab] mother's roses, [Eb] daddy cried. _ _ _
[Bb] _ She planted them the day she was [Ebm] my bride.
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[F] _ [Ab] And every time I see a rose, [Eb] I see her smiling face.
[F] She made my darkest days look [Bb] bright, round the old home place.
Don't step on [Ab] mother's roses, [Eb] let them grow. _ _ _
_ [Bb] The way they did since many years [Eb] ago.
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_ [Ab] They'll bloom for me each year, _ [Eb] and I'll have mother near.
_ [F] Don't step on [Bb] _ mother's roses, _ let [Eb] them grow. _
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