Key: B
Introduction:
E F# F#7 B
and I saw a tear drop on the rose.
VERSE ONE
B F#
While strollin' through a lovely garden
F#7 B
as day was drawin' to a close.
B7 E
My eyes beheld a tragic story
F# F#7 B
I saw a tear drop on the rose.
VERSE TWO
B F#
It should have been a tear of gladness
F#7 B
But deep inside the sorrow showed.
B7 E
A trustin' heart had just been broken
F# F#7 B
I saw a tear drop on the rose.
VERSE THREE
B F#
A sobbing tear that follows parting,
F#7 B
holds all the pain that sorrow knows.
B7 E
A false goodbye...a life is shattered.
F# F#7 B
There lies the story on the rose
VERSE FOUR
B F#
The tear will dry...the rose will wither.
F#7 B
When spring and winter comes and goes
B7 E
I loved..I lost..my story ended.
F# F#7 B
With just a tear drop on the rose.