Roses Are Red:Bobby Vinton.
#15 in UK and #1 in USA in 1962.
INTRO:
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Roses are red my love...doo, doo, doo doo..
#1.
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A long, long time ago,
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On gradu..ation day,
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You handed me your book,
C F
I signed this way...
CHORUS:
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Roses are red, my love,
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Violets are blue.
Bb
Sugar is sweet, my love,
C F Bb F
But not as sweet as you.
#2.
F7 C
We dated through high school,
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And when the big day came.
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I wrote into your book,
C F
Next to my name..
CHORUS:
F7 Bb
Roses are red, my love,
F Dm
Violets are blue.
Bb
Sugar is sweet, my love,
C F Bb F
But not as sweet as you.
#3.
Bb C
Then I went far away,
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And you found someone new.
Bb C
I read your letter dear,
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And I wrote back to you...
CHORUS:
F7 Bb
Roses are red, my love,
F Dm
Violets are blue,
Bb
Sugar is sweet, my love,
C F Bb F
good luck, may God bless you.
#4.
F7 C
Is that your little girl?
F
She looks a lot like you.
Bb
Someday some boy will write,
C F
In her book, too.
CHORUS:
F7 Bb
Roses are red, my love,
F Dm
Violets are blue.
Bb
Sugar is sweet, my love,
C F Bb F
But not as sweet as you.
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