Roses Are Red:Bobby Vinton.
#15 in UK and #1 in USA in 1962.

INTRO:
F7        Bb                          F
Roses are red my love...doo, doo, doo doo..

#1.
F7           C
A long, long time ago,
          F
On gradu..ation day,
           Bb
You handed me your book,
C             F
I signed this way...
 
CHORUS:
F7        Bb
Roses are red, my love, 
            F
Violets are blue.
         C
Sugar is sweet, my love,
    Bb     C        F   Bb F
But not as sweet as you. 

#2.
F7       C
We dated through high school,
             F
And when the big day came.
          Bb
I wrote into your book,
C          F 
Next to my name..

CHORUS:
F7        Bb
Roses are red, my love, 
            F
Violets are blue.
         C
Sugar is sweet, my love,
    Bb     C        F   Bb F
But not as sweet as you. 

#3.
Bb          C
Then I went far away,
    F                 F7
And you found someone new.
Bb          C
I read your letter dear,
    F       C       F
And I wrote back to you...

CHORUS:
F7        Bb
Roses are red, my love,
            F
Violets are blue,
         C             
Sugar is sweet, my love,
     Bb        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
Violets are blue.
         C
Sugar is sweet, my love,
    Bb     C        F   Bb F
But not as sweet as you. 


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