Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse 1

The boy only wanted to give Mother something

And all of her roses had bloomed.

Looking at her as he came rushing in with them

Knowing her roses were doomed,

All she could see were some thorns buried deep

And tears that were cried as she tended his wounds

Chorus

And she knew it was love

It was one she could understand

He was showing his love,

And that's how he hurt his hands.

Verse 2

He still remembers that night as child

On his mother's knee

She held him close and she opened her bible

And quietly started to read,

And seeing a picture of Jesus he cried out,

"Momma, he's got some scars just like me."

CHORUS:

And he knew it was love

It was one he could understand

He was showing his love,

And that's how he hurt his hands.

Verse 3

Now the boy's grown and moved out on his own

When Uncle Sam comes along.

A foreign affair, but our young men were there

And luck had his number drawn.

It wasn't that long till our hero was gone

He gave to a friend what he learned from the cross.

Chorus

And they knew it was love

It was one they could understand

He was showing his love,

And that's how he hurt his hands.