Harry Chapin – Flowers Are Red (Guitar Intro Tab)
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[Intro Riff:] e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|---0--0--0------------------2--0---| D|---5--4--2--0-----0---2--4-----0---| A|---------------2------3--5-----2---| E|---------------0---------------3---|
Em/B Em/E (4x)
[Verse]
Em The little boy went first day of school C Got some crayons and started to draw Em He put colors all over the paper C For colors what what he saw A The teacher said "Whatcha doin' young man?" D7 "I'm paintin' flowers." he said A She said "It's not the time for art young man D7 And anyway flowers are green and red." Em "There's a time for everything young man C And a way it should be done Em You've got to show concern for everyone else C D7 For you're not the only one." G D7 G And she said "Flowers are red G D7 G D7 Green leaves are green G D7 G C There's no need to see flowers any other way G D7 G C Than the way they always have been seen" D7 D7 But the little boy said G D7 G D7 "There are so many colors in the rainbow G D7 C D7 So many colors in the morning sun G D7 G C So many colors in a flower G D7 G C G And I see everyone" Riff e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|---0--0--0------------------2--0---| D|---5--4--2--0-----0---2--4-----0---| A|---------------2------3--5-----2---| E|---------------0---------------3---|
[Verse]
Em The teacher said "You're sassy C There's ways that things should be Em And you'll paint flowers the way they are C D7 So repeat after me G D7 G And she said "Flowers are red G D7 G D7 Green leaves are green G D7 G C There's no need to see flowers any other way G D7 G C Than the way they always have been seen" D7 D7 But the little boy said G D7 G D7 "There are so many colors in the rainbow G D7 C D7 So many colors in the morning sun G D7 G C So many colors in a flower G D7 G C G And I see everyone" Riff e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|---0--0--0------------------2--0---| D|---5--4--2--0-----0---2--4-----0---| A|---------------2------3--5-----2---| E|---------------0---------------3---|
[Verse]
Em The teacher put him in a corner C And said "It's for your own good Em And you won't come out 'till you get it right C And are responding like you should" A Well finally he got lonely D7 Frightened thoughts filled his head A And he went up to the teacher C D7 And this is what he said G D7 G And he said "Flowers are red G D7 G D7 Green leaves are green G D7 G C There's no need to see flowers any other way G D7 G C Than the way they always have been seen" Riff e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|---0--0--0------------------2--0---| D|---5--4--2--0-----0---2--4-----0---| A|---------------2------3--5-----2---| E|---------------0---------------3---|
[Verse]
Em Time went by like it always does C And they moved to another town Em And the little boy went to another school C And this is what he found A The teacher there was smiling D7 She said "Painting should be fun A And there are so many colors in the flower D7 So let's use every one" Em But that little boy painted flowers C In neat rows of green and red Em And when the teacher asked him why C D7 This is what he said G D7 G And he said "Flowers are red G D7 G D7 Green leaves are green G D7 G C There's no need to see flowers any other way G D7 G C Than the way they always have been seen"
N.C.
But there still must be a way
N.C.
To have our children say:
[Outro]
G D7 G D7 "There are so many colors in the rainbow G D7 C D7 So many colors in the morning sun G D7 G C So many colors in a flower G D7 G C G And I see everyone" Riff e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|---0--0--0------------------2--0---| D|---5--4--2--0-----0---2--4-----0---| A|---------------2------3--5-----2---| E|---------------0---------------3---|