[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Springtime is coming in the mountains
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However on the hill where daddy lay
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All the song birds are singing
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And a robin built a nest on daddy’s grave

[Chorus]
C G
I planted dad a rose some time ago
D
Oh the rose how it did grow
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Springtime is coming I’m glad to say
D G
And a robin built a nest on daddy’s grave

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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Oh the rose bloomed so red
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And spread its beauty for that day
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Then a robin came one day
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And there she built a nest on daddy’s grave

[Chorus]
C G
I planted dad a rose some time ago
D
Oh the rose how it did grow
G
Springtime is coming I’m glad to say
D G
And a robin built a nest on daddy’s grave

[Instrumental]
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G G C C G D G G

[Verse 3]
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Oh the rose how did it bloom
D
I believe the Lord is coming soon
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That’s what the rose it seem to say
D G
And a robin built a nest on daddy’s grave

[Chorus]
C G
I planted dad a rose some time ago
D
Oh the rose how it did grow
G
Springtime is coming I’m glad to say
D G
And a robin built a nest on daddy’s grave

[Instrumental]
G G C C G G D D
G G C C G D G G

[Outro Part A]
G
Springtime is coming in the mountains
D
However on the hill where daddy lay
G
All the song birds were singin’
D G
And a robin built a nest on daddy’s grave

[Outro Part B]
C G
I planted dad a rose some time ago
D
Oh the rose how it did grow
G
Springtime is coming I’m glad to say
D G
And a robin built a nest on daddy’s grave

[Outro Part C]
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Well springtime is coming I’m glad to say
D G
And a robin built a nest on daddy’s grave