Flowers Are Red chords by
Harry Chapin
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Intro 1

Verse 1
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The little
boy went first day of school
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He got some crayons and started to draw
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He put col ors all over the paper
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For colors was what he saw
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And the teacher said.. What
you doin' young man
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I'm paintin' flowers he said
She said,
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It's not the time for art young man
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And anyway flowers
are green and red
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There's a time for everything young man
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And a way it should be done
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You've got to show concern
for everyone else
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For you're not the only one

Verse 2
D D 
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And she said Flower
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s are red young man
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A A 
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Green leaves are green
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There's no need to see
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G G 
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flowers any other way
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G G 
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Than the way they always have been seen

Verse 3
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But the little boy said
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There are so many colors in the rainbow
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So many colors in the morning sun
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G G 
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D D 
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So many colors in the flower and I  see
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every one

Interlude 1

Verse 4
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Well the teacher said
You're sassy
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There's ways that things should be
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And you'll paint flowers the way they are
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So repeat after me

Verse 5
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And she said Flower
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s are red young man
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Green leaves are green
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There's no need to see
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G G 
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flowers any other way
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A A 
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D D 
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Than the way they always have been seen

Verse 6
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But the little boy said
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There are so many colors in the rainbow
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A A 
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A A 
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So many colors in the morning sun
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So many colors in the flower and I  see
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D D 
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every one

Interlude 2

Verse 7
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The teacher put him in a corner
She said
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It's for your own good
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And you won't come out
'til you get it right
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And all responding like you should
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Well fi nally he got lonely
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Frightened thoughts filled his head
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And he went up to the teacher
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And this is what he said,
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and he said

Verse 8
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Flowers are red,
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green leaves are green
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There's no need to see
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G G 
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flowers any other way
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A A 
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Than the way they always have
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been seen

Interlude 3

Verse 9
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Time went by like it always does
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And they moved to another town
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And the little boy went to another school
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And this is what he found
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The teacher there was smilin'
She said
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Painting should be fun
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And there are so many colors in a flower
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So let's use every one

Verse 10

But that little boy painted flowers

In neat rows of green and red

And when the teacher asked him why

This is what he said

Verse 11
And he said
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Flowers are red,
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A A 
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green leaves are green
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There's no need to see
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G G 
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flowers any other way
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A A 
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Than the way they always have been seen.

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