Flowers Are Red Chords

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Em The little boy went first day of school

 He got some C crayons and started to draw

 He put Em colors all over the paper

 For C colors was what he saw

 And the Am7 teacher said.. What you doin' young man

D I'm paintin' flowers he said

 She said... It's Am7 not the time for art young man

 And D anyway flowers are green and red

 There's a Em time for everything young man

 And a C way it should be done

 You've got to Em show concern for everyone else

 For you're C not the only D one

And she said...

G Flo D wers are G red young D man

G Green D leaves are G green D

 There's G no need to D see flowers G any other C way

 Than they G way they al D ways G have been C seen

But the little boy said...

 There are G so many D colors in the G rain D bow

G So many D colors in the C morning D sun

G So many C colors in the G flo C wer

 And G I see D every G one **riff**

Em Well the teacher said.. You're sassy

 There's C ways that things should be done

 And Em you'll paint flowers the way they are

 So C repeat after D me..

And she said...

G Flo D wers are G red young D man

G Green D leaves are G green D

 There's G no need to D see flowers G any other C way

 Than they G way they al D ways G have been C seen

But the little boy said...

 There are G so many D colors in the G rain D bow

G So many D colors in the C morning D sun

G So many C colors in the G flo C wer

 And G I see D every G one **riff**

 Well the Em teacher put him in a corner

 She said.. C It's for your own good..

 And you Em won't come out 'til you get it right

 And are C responding like you should

 Well Am7 finally he got lonely

 Frightened D thoughts filled his head

 And he Am7 went up to that teacher

 And D this is what he said..

and he said...

G Flo D wers are G red, D

G Green D leaves are G green D

 There's G no need to D see flowers G any other C way

 Than the G way they D always G have been C seen **riff**

Em Time went by like it always does

 And they C moved to another town

 And the Em little boy went to another school

 And C this is what he found

 The Am7 teacher there was smilin?

 She said... D Painting should be fun

 And there are Am7 so many colors in a flower

 So D let's use every one

 But that Em little boy painted flowers

 In neat C rows of green and red

 And Em when the teacher asked him why

C This is what he D said...

and he said...

G Flo D wers are G red, D

G Green D leaves are G green D

 There's G no need to D see flowers G any other C way

 Than the G way they D always G have been C seen

but there still must be a way to have our children sing...

 There are G so many D colors in the G rain D bow

G So many D colors in the C morning D sun

G So many C colors in the G flo C wer

 And G I see D every G one

Ken Reynolds