Faded Rose chords by Shirley Caesar

Chords with lyrics

Intro: D MajorD  A augmentedA  D MajorD  D7D7  G+G  D MajorD  D MajorD

E7E7           A7A7           D MajorD
You know, all too soon seemly our children grow up
        G+G      D MajorD                      A7A7
overnight. They get married; some of them go to college.
D MajorD                                      A augmentedA
They move away from home to New York and Chicago and
          D MajorD                         D7D7
other places. But the saddest thing about it is that they
                                G+G
forget that they have a darling mother back home. So it is
                       D MajorD
I thinking about a young man who left and moved away
  A augmentedA          D MajorD             Bm7Bm7
to Germany, and while he was there, he was critically
     E7E7                     A7A7
wounded so much so that the doctor said, he would
              D MajorD                G+G
never walk again He had braces on his legs and another
 D MajorD                      A7A7  D MajorD
sad thing happen to that young man, He lost his mother. And
   A augmentedA       D MajorD                          D7D7
the family tried to get in touch with him but to no avail. And
      G+G
finally we see that young man standing with braces on his
D MajorD             A augmentedA              D MajorD        Bm7Bm7
legs before a fresh grave, with on faded rose in his hand. As
                           E7E7           A7A7
he began to drop the petals from the rose on that grave, he
       D MajorD             G+G
began to talk to his mother. These are some of the words he
    D MajorD              A7A7
was saying to his mother:

verse 1:

D MajorD    A augmentedA   D MajorD      D7D7           G+G         D MajorD
Petals from this faded roses momma, is all I have to give,
          D MajorD       E7E7    A7A7          D MajorD
But momma I tried to give you flowers, every now and then.
                      G+G     D MajorD            D7D7
(Back ground Chorus repeats (now and then)) Oh yes I did.


G+G           G7G7      D MajorD      A augmentedA       D MajorD
If I had a million dollars, I line your grave with gold, but
    D MajorD      Bm7Bm7   D MajorD              E7E7
That wouldn wake you from your sleep, as eternal ages
A7A7
grow.

verse 2:
D MajorD      A augmentedA   D MajorD  D7D7           G+G     D-A
So petals from this faded rose, is all I have to give. But
        D MajorD       E7E7   A7A7       D MajorD    G+G
momma I tried to make you happy, while you lived. (While
   D MajorD
you lived)

Intro story part 2:

You know while that young man stood there, dropping the

petals on the fresh grave, two of his sisters drove up in a big

fine car, they got out and they put their arm about his

shoulder. One of his sisters said don cry, said you

know we did all we could to get in touch with you. But one

thing I did, I knew that you would be pleased with, I took

my diamond ring and placed it, on momma finger and the

other sister said, Brother, so do you remember that fur coat

that I had, I draped it about momma shoulders, but the

young man standing there crying, couldn think about

diamonds and furs. All he could think of was the best thing

he had was gone, and with the few more petals left on the

rose, he continue to drop them on the grave and he said to

his mother:


verse 3:
D MajorD         A augmentedA    D7D7               G+G
Diamond rings and silver things momma, I never had, I
     D MajorD      A augmentedA           D-Bm7         E7E7
never had to give, but momma I tried to give you a flower
A7A7   D MajorD           G+G      D MajorD         D7D7
every now and then. (Now and then) Yes I did.


G+G           G7G7      D MajorD      A augmentedA       D MajorD
If I had a million dollars, I line your grave with gold, but
          Bm7Bm7  D MajorD                E7E7
That wouldn wake you from your sleep, as eternal ages
A7A7
grow.

Ending  Verse:
D MajorD          A augmentedA   D7D7          G+G       D MajorD
So petals from this faded roses is all I have to give, but
       D MajorD        E7E7   A7A7       D MajorD
momma I tried to make you happy, while you lived.
                      G+G       D MajorD
(Back Ground singers repeat (While you live.))