INTRO:  GC EmD  GC EmD  GC EmD

VERSE 1:
    B (x2444x@1)                 CThe (x32010@1)boy only wanted to give Mother something
    G (320003@1)                    DAnd (xx0232@1)all of her roses had bloomed.
B (x2444x@1)                   CLooking (x32010@1)at her as he came rushing in with them
G (320003@1)                      DKnowing (xx0232@1)her roses were doomed,
Am (x02210@1)          B (x2444x@1)             EmAll (022000@1)she could see were some thorns buried deep
    Am (x02210@1)            B (x2444x@1)          Em (022000@1)       DAnd (xx0232@1)tears that were cried as she tended his wounds

CHORUS:
        G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)  Em (022000@1)DAnd (xx0232@1)she knew it was love       
       G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)        Em (022000@1)DIt (xx0232@1)was one she could understand  
       G (320003@1)         CHe (x32010@1)was showing his love,
    Em (022000@1)          D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)Em (022000@1)DAnd (xx0232@1)that's how he hurt his hands.

VERSE 2:
B (x2444x@1)                      CHe (x32010@1)still remembers that night as child
G (320003@1)             DOn (xx0232@1)his mother's knee
B (x2444x@1)                          CShe (x32010@1)held him close and she opened her bible
    G (320003@1)                 DAnd (xx0232@1)quietly started to read,
    Am (x02210@1)     B (x2444x@1)        EmAnd (022000@1)seeing a picture of Jesus he cried out,
Am (x02210@1)         B (x2444x@1)      Em (022000@1)            D"Momma, (xx0232@1)he's got some scars just like me."

CHORUS:
       G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)  Em (022000@1)DAnd (xx0232@1)he knew it was love       
       G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)        Em (022000@1)DIt (xx0232@1)was one he could understand  
       G (320003@1)         CHe (x32010@1)was showing his love,
    Em (022000@1)          D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)Em (022000@1)DAnd (xx0232@1)that's how he hurt his hands.

VERSE 3:
B (x2444x@1)                            CNow (x32010@1)the boy's grown and moved out on his own
 G (320003@1)                   DWhen (xx0232@1)Uncle Sam comes along.
  B (x2444x@1)                       CA (x32010@1)foreign affair, but our young men were there
    G (320003@1)                   DAnd (xx0232@1)luck had his number drawn.
   Am (x02210@1)        B (x2444x@1)            EmIt (022000@1)wasn't that long till our hero was gone
   Am (x02210@1)      B (x2444x@1)              Em (022000@1)           DHe (xx0232@1)gave to a friend what he learned from the cross.

CHORUS:
         G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)  Em (022000@1)DAnd (xx0232@1)they knew it was love       
       G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)        Em (022000@1)DIt (xx0232@1)was one they could understand  
       G (320003@1)         CHe (x32010@1)was showing his love,
    Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)Em (022000@1)DAnd (xx0232@1)that's how he hurt his hands.