Don't Neglect The Roses

Larry Sparks

Written by Emma Smith

Key of G · Chords: I V

Verse 1

G
There stands a rose down in your garden
            D7           G
You left it there so all alone

Verse 2

It's been neglected feels unwanted
         D7            G
Since no love to it is shown

Verse 3

Its beauty now is fastly fading
        D7                G
Once it was the brightest red

Verse 4

It's withering fast its head is bowing
         D7                   G
Since no kind words to it are said

Verse 5

Please don't neglect the rose in your garden
             D7         G
Show it your love every day

Verse 6

It will bloom for you in all its beauty
       D7            G
And it will not fade away

Verse 7

I guess by now you know my story
      D7                    G
Don't neglect a love that's true

Verse 8

For it may prove to be the sweetest flower
          D7             G
That will ever bloom for you

Verse 9

It could be your mother sister or brother
          D7             G
A husband wife or little child

Verse 10

It may prove to be your own true lover
       D7                G
You've neglected all the while

Verse 11

Please don't neglect the rose in your garden
             D7         G
Show it your love every day

Verse 12

And it will bloom for you in all its beauty
       D7            G
And it will not fade away