E:        022100
F#m:      244222
C#m:      x46654
D:        xx0232
Bm:       x24432


(To make it easier put a capo on the 2nd fret and replace the chords above G, D, Em, Bm, C & Am)


   Intro:     A      E      F#m            x 3      C#m      E      F#m

          
 Verse:
A            E           F#m
 I picked a rose this morning
         A       E                F#m
 And it was so fresh it looked like it was crying
A               E           F#m
 I thought how sad to be so beautiful
          A          E    F#m
 Only to wither and die


 Chorus:
A             E     F#m
 Like papa's roses, soft and pale
A               E          F#m
 Like petals thrown in the dirt
A        E       F#m
 Only silence is spoken here
                 D
 All that grows here is hurt
E             A    E    F#m        A    E    F#m
 And papa's roses


 Verse:
A              E      F#m
 Papa wasn't really a hardened man
A             E        F#m
 He could be tender at times
A        E                F#m
 I remember it was like a holiday
              A          E      F#m
 When he was gentle and kind
A                E         F#m
 He gave those flowers his heart and soul
A             E             F#m
 I wish he'd saved some for me
A               E          F#m
 It would have been such a simple thing 
         D     E
 For me to be


 Chorus:
A             E     F#m
 Like papa's roses, soft and pale
A               E          F#m
 Like petals thrown in the dirt
A        E       F#m
 Only silence is spoken here
                 D            E
 All that grows here is hurt


 D      Bm      E      F#m      D      Bm      D      E


 Verse:
A              E     F#m
 Voices that whisper soft and low
A         E       F#m
 Forever buried inside
A           E      F#m
 Haunted by images dark and cold
          A              E      F#m
 Forever burned in your mind
A         E            F#m
 But I dreamed I could fly away
A           E      F#m
 Like an angel I'd fly
A       E                 F#m
 To a place where I could forget
          D         E
 Forget that I was like


Chorus:
A             E     F#m
 Like papa's roses, soft and pale
A               E          F#m
 Like petals thrown in the dirt
A        E       F#m
 Only silence is spoken here
                 D
 All that grows here is hurt
E             A    
 And papa's roses
A             E     F#m
 Like papa's roses, soft and pale
A               E          F#m
 Like petals thrown in the dirt
A        E       F#m
 Only silence is spoken here
                 D
 All that grows here is hurt
E             A    E    F#m       
 And papa's roses
         A     E     F#m
 Papa's roses
         A     E     F#m
 Papa's roses