Written by Hank Williams
INTRO: PLAY INSTRUMENTALL OVER THE FOLLOWING LINE. 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.