{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1834267,"song":"Faded Rose","artist":"Shirley Caesar","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11405407-faded-rose-chords-by-shirley-caesar/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1834267?type=chord","rating":0.14249,"votes":0,"content":"Faded Rose\r\n \r\n        \r\n[Intro] \r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch]   \r\n\r\n\r\n[Part 1]\r\n                     \r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                      [ch]A7[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]              \r\nYou know, all too soon seemly our children grow up [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                                           [ch]A7[/ch] \r\novernight. They get married; some of them go to college. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey move away from home to New York and Chicago and [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]                                                  [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nother places. But the saddest thing about it is that they [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nforget that they have a darling mother back home. So it is [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI’m thinking about a young man who left and moved away          [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]Bm7[/ch]        \r\nto Germany, and while he was there, he was critically [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E7[/ch]                                         [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nwounded so much so that the doctor said, “that he would [/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nnever walk again”. He had braces on his legs and another [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                                            [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nsad thing happen to that young man, He lost his mother. And [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                                                    [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nthe family tried to get in touch with him but to no avail. And [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch] \r\nfinally we see that young man standing with braces on his [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nlegs before a fresh grave, with on faded rose in his hand. As [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                      [ch]E7[/ch]                      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nhe began to drop the petals from the rose on that grave, he [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbegan to talk to his mother. These are some of the words he [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nwas saying to his mother: [/tab]\r\n        \r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nPetals from this faded roses momma, is all I have to give,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch] \r\nBut momma I tried to give you flowers, every now and then.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n  Oh yes I did.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]            \r\nIf I had a million dollars, I’d line your grave with gold, but [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Bm7[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]E7[/ch]                  \r\nThat wouldn’t wake you from your sleep, as eternal ages [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\ngrow. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]  \r\nSo petals from this faded rose, is all I have to give. But [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch]              [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nmomma I tried to make you happy, while you lived. (While[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nyou lived)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Part 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou know while that young man stood there, dropping the [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\npetals on the fresh grave, two of his sisters drove up in a big [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                                   \r\nfine car, they got out and they put their arm about his [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]                                                         [ch]D[/ch]            \r\nshoulder. One of his sisters said “Brother don’t cry, said you [/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Bm7[/ch]                                  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nknow we did all we could to get in touch with you. But one [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                                             [ch]G[/ch]               \r\nthing I did, I knew that you would be pleased with, I took [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nmy diamond ring and placed it, on momma’s finger and the [/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D7[/ch]                         \r\nother sister said,” Brother, so do you remember that fur coat [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                  \r\nthat I had, I draped it about momma’s shoulders, but the [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]A[/ch]           \r\nyoung man standing there crying, couldn’t think about [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Bm7[/ch]                                              [ch]E7[/ch]\r\ndiamonds and furs. All he could think of was the best thing [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A7[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]                                \r\nhe had was gone, and with the few more petals left on the [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nrose, he continue to drop them on the grave and he said to [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nhis mother:[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]              \r\nDiamond rings and silver things momma, I never had, I[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch]                 [ch]E7[/ch]             \r\nnever had to give, but momma I tried to give you a flower [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nevery now and then. (Now and then) Yes I did.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]         \r\nIf I had a million dollars, I’d line your grave with gold, but[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Bm7[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]E7[/ch]              \r\nThat wouldn’t wake you from your sleep, as eternal ages [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\ngrow. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Ending Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nSo petals from this faded roses is all I have to give, but [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch]               [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nmomma I tried to make you happy, while you lived. [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n(Back Ground singers repeat (While you live.))[/tab]","plain_text":"Faded Rose\n \n        \n[Intro] \n\nD   A   D   D7   G    D A   D Bm7   \n\n\n[Part 1]\n                     \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n        \n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Part 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Ending Verse]","chords":["D","A","D7","G","Bm7","E7","A7","G7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}