From: rdavis rdavis25@bellsouth.net
Performer: Ralph Stanley

A ROSE AMONG THE THORNS 

WHILE [G] STROLLING THROUGH THE FIELDS OF TIME
THERE'S [C] MANY THINGS TO [G] SEE
BUT NATURE IS THE GREATEST SIGHT
[A7] THAT COULD EVER [D] BE
THE [G] GREATEST OF THEM ALL
IS [C] HOW THE WORLD WAS [G] FORMED
AND WHY A ROSE IS THERE TO LIVE
EACH [D] DAY AMONG THE [G] THORNS

[G] ONE DAY AMONG THE WORLD OF THORNS
A [C] ROSE BEGAN TO [G] GROW
IT WAS THE GREATEST GIFT OF GOD
THIS [A7] WORLD WILL EVER [D] KNOW
IT [G] WAS THE WILL OF GOD TO SHOW
THAT [C] SINCE THE WORLD WAS [G] FORMED
THERE HAD TO BE A ROSE TO LIVE
AND [D] DIE AMONG THE [G] THORNS

TWO [G] THOUSAND YEARS HAS SINCE BEEN GONE
SINCE [C] GOD LOOKED DOWN WITH [G] LOVE
HE FILLED THIS EARTH WITH BEAUTY
WITH [A7] ROSES FROM [D] ABOVE
HE HUNG [G] UPON A RUGGED CROSS
TO [C] SAVE THE WORLD FROM [G] SIN
BETWEEN TWO THORNS THIS ROSE HE DIED
THREE [D] DAYS HE BLOOMED [G] AGAIN

[G] ONE DAY AMONG THE WORLD OF THORNS
A [C] ROSE BEGAN TO [G] GROW
IT WAS THE GREATEST GIFT OF GOD
THIS [A7] WORLD WILL EVER [D] KNOW
IT [G] WAS THE WILL OF GOD TO SHOW
THAT [C] SINCE THE WORLD WAS [G] FORMED
THERE HAD TO BE A ROSE TO LIVE
AND [D] DIE AMONG THE [G] THORNS