The Hand Song

	  		
INTRO:  G C Em D  G C Em D  G C Em D 

VERSE 1:
 
    B                   C 
The boy only wanted to give Mother something 
    G                      D 
And all of her roses had bloomed. 
B                     C 
Looking at her as he came rushing in with them 
G                        D 
Knowing her roses were doomed, 
Am            B               Em 
All she could see were some thorns buried deep 
    Am              B            Em         D 
And tears that were cried as she tended his wounds 

 
        G           C    Em  D 
And she knew it was love        
       G             C          Em  D 
It was one she could understand   
       G           C 
He was showing his love, 
    Em            D         G  C  Em  D 
And that's how he hurt his hands. 
        

VERSE 2:
 
B                        C 
He still remembers that night as child 
G               D 
On his mother's knee 
B                            C 
She held him close and she opened her bible 
    G                   D 
And quietly started to read, 
    Am       B          Em 
And seeing a picture of Jesus he cried out, 
Am           B        Em              D 
"Momma, he's got some scars just like me." 

 
       G           C    Em  D 
And he knew it was love        
       G            C          Em  D 
It was one he could understand   
       G           C 
He was showing his love, 
    Em            D         G   C  Em  D 
And that's how he hurt his hands.
         

VERSE 3:
 
B                              C 
Now the boy's grown and moved out on his own 
 G                     D 
When Uncle Sam comes along. 
  B                         C 
A foreign affair, but our young men were there 
    G                     D 
And luck had his number drawn. 
   Am          B              Em 
It wasn't that long till our hero was gone 
   Am        B                Em             D 
He gave to a friend what he learned from the cross. 


         G           C    Em  D 
And they knew it was love        
       G              C          Em  D 
It was one they could understand   
       G           C 
He was showing his love, 
    Em             D         G   C  Em  D 
And that's how he hurt his hands.