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[Verse 1]
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I planted a little rose bush I tended it with care
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Its buds began to blossom their sweet fragrance filled the air
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But when winter came it withered
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The petals dropped and fell to the ground my heart sank as it faded
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But I’d forgotten who had made it

[Chorus]
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He said roses will bloom again just wait and see
G7
Don’t mourn what might have been
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Only God knows how and when that
F          G7    C
Roses will bloom again

[Verse 2]
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Rose was his only sweetheart a loving wife of forty years
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Cherished every day they had and held memories dear
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He never dreamed he’d bury love and go on to live alone
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But he laid his Rose to rest he looked to heaven
              G7
And tried his best to believe that

[Chorus]
C                                   Dm
Roses will bloom again just wait and see
G7
Don’t mourn what might have been
F              G7
Only God knows how and when that
F          G7    C
Roses will bloom again

[Verse 3]
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The precious rose of Sharon broken and bruised in cruel shame
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Stained on the cross of Calvary so that men might be saved
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Satan cheered as He died while Mary and the others cried
         Am                      G7
Then God raised Him up from dead sleep
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And kept a promise only He could keep

[Chorus]
C                                   Dm
Roses will bloom again just wait and see
G7
Don’t mourn what might have been
F              G7
Only God knows how and when that
F          G7    C
Roses will bloom again

[Outro]
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Roses will bloom again