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Version 1
[Verse 1]
D G
We all were called to come back
D
To the old home on the farm
A D
Mother's passed away, what a mournful day
D G
And as my daddy watched
D
His eyes were filled with pain and hurt
E7
When someone stepped upon a rose
A
And crushed it in the dirt
[Chorus]
D G D
Don't step on Mother's roses, Daddy cried
A D D7
She planted them the day she was my bride
G D
And every time I see a rose, I see her smiling face
E7
She made my darkest days look bright
A A7
Around the old home place
D G D
Don't step on Mother's roses, let them grow
A D D7
The way they did since many years ago
G
They will bloom for me each year
D
And I will have Mother near
E7 A D
Don't step on Mother's roses, let them grow
[Verse 2]
D G
Years have passed away
D
And how the old home place has changed
A D
Daddy had to go, we all miss him so
A G D
Children pick the roses as they go along the way
E7 A A7
But when their petals are abused I hear my daddy say
[Chorus]
D G D
Don't step on Mother's roses, Daddy cried
A D D7
She planted them the day she was my bride
G D
And every time I see a rose, I see her smiling face
E7
She made my darkest days look bright
A A7
Around the old home place
D G D
Don't step on Mother's roses, let them grow
A D D7
The way they did since many years ago
G
They will bloom for me each year
D
And I will have Mother near
E7 A D G D
Don't step on Mother's roses, let them grow