Roses are red:Bobby Vinton.
#1 in USA & #15 in UK in '62.

#1.
.............G7
A long, long time ago,
          COn (x32010@1)gradu..ation day,
           FYou (133211@1)handed me your book,
G7 (320001@1)          C (x32010@1)I signed this way...
 
CHORUS:#1.
C7 (x32310@1)      FRoses (133211@1)are red, my love, 
            CViolets (x32010@1)are blue.
         FSugar (133211@1)is sweet, my love,
    G7 (320001@1)            CBut (x32010@1)not as sweet as you. 

#2.
C (x32010@1)      G7We (320001@1)dated through high school,
             CAnd (x32010@1)when the big day came.
          FI (133211@1)wrote into your book,
G7 (320001@1)       C (x32010@1)Next to my name...

CHORUS:#1.

#3.
F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)  G7Then (320001@1)I went far away,
    C (x32010@1)               C7 (x32310@1)And you found someone new.
F (133211@1)         G7I (320001@1)read your letter dear,
    C (x32010@1)     F7 (131241@1)    G7And (320001@1)I wrote back to you...

CHORUS:#2.

C7 (x32310@1)      FRoses (133211@1)are red, my love,
            C (x32010@1)  AmViolets (x02210@1)are blue,
         F (133211@1)               
Sugar is sweet, my love,
     G7 (320001@1)                Cgood (x32010@1)luck, may god bless you. 

#4.
C (x32010@1)          G7Is (320001@1)that your little girl?
            CShe (x32010@1)looks a lot like you.
             FSomeday (133211@1)some boy will write,
G7 (320001@1)         C (x32010@1)In her book, too. 

CHORUS:#1.


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