INTRO:  G5 C5 E5 D5  G5 C5 E5 D5  G5 C5 E5 D5

VERSE 1:
    B5                   C5
The boy only wanted to give Mother something
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And all of her roses had bloomed.
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Looking at her as he came rushing in with them
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Knowing her roses were doomed,
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All she could see were some thorns buried deep
    A5              B5            E5         D5
And tears that were cried as she tended his wounds

CHORUS:
        G5           C5    E5  D5
And she knew it was love       
       G5             C5          E5  D5
It was one she could understand  
       G5           C5
He was showing his love,
    E5            D5         G5  C5  E5  D5
And that's how he hurt his hands.        

VERSE 2:
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He still remembers that night as child
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On his mother's knee
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She held him close and she opened her bible
    G5                   D5
And quietly started to read,
    A5       B5          E5
And seeing a picture of Jesus he cried out,
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"Momma, he's got some scars just like me."

CHORUS:
       G5           C5    E5  D5
And he knew it was love       
       G5            C5          E5  D5
It was one he could understand  
       G5           C5
He was showing his love,
    E5            D5         G5   C5  E5  D5
And that's how he hurt his hands.        

VERSE 3:
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Now the boy's grown and moved out on his own
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When Uncle Sam comes along.
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A foreign affair, but our young men were there
    G5                     D5
And luck had his number drawn.
   A5          B5              E5
It wasn't that long till our hero was gone
   A5        B5                E5             D5
He gave to a friend what he learned from the cross.

CHORUS:
         G5           C5    E5  D5
And they knew it was love       
       G5              C5          E5  D5
It was one they could understand  
       G5           C5
He was showing his love,
    E5             D5         G5   C5  E5  D5
And that's how he hurt his hands.