Roses Are Red chords by Dickey Lee

Chords with lyrics

Roses Are Red:Dickey Lee.
Album -The Tale of Patches - #50 on
BB Hot 200 on SMASH Records in 1962.


INTRO:
 Eb MajorEb    AbAb            Eb MajorEb
(Roses are red my love..doo-doo-doo-doo)

#1.
Eb MajorEb        F minorFm  Bb majorBb Gm7Gm7 Eb MajorEb
A augmentedA long long time ago, on graduation day.
      F minorFm      Bb majorBb Gm7Gm7     Eb MajorEb
You handed me your book, I signed this way.

CHORUS:
Eb MajorEb  F minorFm Gm7Gm7 AbAb      Eb MajorEb
Ros..es are red, my love, violets are blue.
C minorCm  Eb MajorEb  AbAb    Bb majorBb
Sug..ar is sweet, my love, but not as sweet
  Eb MajorEb AbAb Eb MajorEb
as you.

#2.
Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb            Gm7Gm7
We dated through high school, and when the
Eb MajorEb
big day came.
 AbAb       F minorFm  Gm7Gm7    Eb MajorEb
I wrote into your book, next to my name.

CHORUS:
Eb MajorEb  F minorFm Gm7Gm7 AbAb      Eb MajorEb
Ros..es are red, my love, violets are blue.
C minorCm  Eb MajorEb  AbAb    Bb majorBb
Sug..ar is sweet, my love, but not as sweet
  Eb MajorEb    AbAb    Eb MajorEb    F minorFm   Eb MajorEb
as you..(as sweet as you..(ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo.)


BRIDGE:
AbAb     Gm7Gm7 Bb majorBb   Eb MajorEb
Then I went far away and you found someone new.
 Eb MajorEb F minorFm Gm7Gm7 AbAb
(ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo.)
AbAb     F minorFm        Eb MajorEb      AbAb Eb MajorEb
I read your letter, dear, and I wrote back to you.


CHORUS:
Eb MajorEb  F minorFm Gm7Gm7 AbAb      Eb MajorEb
Ros..es are red, my love, violets are blue.
C minorCm  Eb MajorEb  AbAb          Bb majorBb
Sug..ar is sweet, my love, good luck, may God
   Eb MajorEb     AbAb    Eb MajorEb
bless you..(may God bless you.)


#3.
Eb MajorEb      Bb majorBb            Eb MajorEb
Is that your little girl, she looks a lot like you.
       F minorFm       Gm7Gm7     Eb MajorEb
Some day some boy will write, in her book, too.


CHORUS:
Eb MajorEb  F minorFm Gm7Gm7 AbAb      Eb MajorEb
Ros..es are red, my love, violets are blue.
C minorCm  Eb MajorEb  AbAb         Bb majorBb   Gm7Gm7
Sug..ar is sweet, my love, but not as sweet
  Eb MajorEb  AbAb    Eb MajorEb
as you..(roses are red.)


A augmentedA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.