Bobby Vinton – Roses Are Red (Guitar)

Capo 5
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#1 in USA & #15 in UK in '62. [Verse 1]
             G7
A long, long time ago,

          C
On gradu..ation day,

           F
You handed me your book,

G7            C 
I signed this way...
[Chorus]
C7        F
Roses are red, my love, 

            C
Violets are blue.

Am       F
Sugar is sweet, my love,

    G7              C
But not as sweet as you.
[Verse 2]
C        G7
We dated through high school,

             C
And when the big day came.

          F
I wrote into your book,

G7         C 
Next to my name...
[Chorus]
C7        F
Roses are red, my love, 

            C
Violets are blue.

Am       F
Sugar is sweet, my love,

    G7              C
But not as sweet as you.
[Verse 3]
F           G    G7
Then I went far away,

    C                 C7 
And you found someone new.

F           G7
I read your letter dear,

    C       F7      G7
And I wrote back to you...
[Chorus]
C7        F
Roses are red, my love,

            C    Am
Violets are blue,

Am       F                 
Sugar is sweet, my love,

     G7                  C
good luck, may god bless you.
[Verse 4]
C            G7
Is that your little girl?

            C
She looks a lot like you.

             F
Someday some boy will write,

G7           C 
In her book, too.
[Outro]
C7        F
Roses are red, my love, 

            C
Violets are blue.

Am       F
Sugar is sweet, my love,

    G7              C
But not as sweet as you.
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