Chords for Shirley Caesar-Faded Rose

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[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [E] You know all [C#] too soon, seemingly [D] our children grow up overnight.
[G] [Gm] They [D] get married, some of them go to [G] college.
[D] They move away from home to New York and Chicago and [A] other places.
[D] 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 [A] away to Germany.
[D] And while [Bm] he was there, he was critically [E] wounded so much so that the doctor [A] said that
he never would walk [D] again.
He had braces on his [G] legs.
And [Gm] [D] another sad thing happened to that young [G] man.
[D] He 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 [D] braces on his legs before a fresh [A] grave
with one [D] faded rose in his hand.
[Bm] And as he began to drop the [E] petals from the rose on that grave, [A] he began to [D] talk to his mother.
[G] [Gm] These are some of the words [D] that he was saying to his mother.
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[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ This faded [G] rose, mama, is all I [D] have to give.
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[D] But mama, I [Bm] tried [E] to give you [A] flowers [D] every now and [G] [Gm] then.
[D] Yeah, yes, I did.
[G] If I had _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] to with [A] you _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ [D] from your sleep [A] as _ [E] eternal [A] ages go.
_ [D] _ [A] So petals [D] from this faded [G] rose is all I [D] have to give.
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[D] But mama, I tried [Bm] _ [E] to make you [A] happy [D] while you lived.
[G] [Gm] You know, while that [D] young man stood [G] there [D] dropping the petals on [A] that fresh grave, [Bm] 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 [D] said, brother, don't cry.
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 [G] 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 [Bm] think about [D] diamonds and furs.
[Bm] All he could think of was that [E] the best friend [Em] he had [A] was gone.
But the [D] few more petals left on that [G] rose, [Gm] he continued [D] to drop them on the grave.
And [G] he said to his mother, [D] _ [A] 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 [A] flower _ [D] every night.
_ [G] _ [Gm] [D] Yes, I did.
If [G] I'm a million dollars _ _
_ [D] _ [A] _ [D] with gold [A] _ _
[D] and [Bm] wood, [D] you won't see me [A] as [E] eternal ages.
[A] Oh, _ _
[D] so [A] petals from [D] _ rose [G] is all I have [D] to give.
[A] But mama, [D] I tried [Bm] _ [E] to make [G] you [A] happy _ [D]
while you [G] lived.
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