Key: F major•
Verse 1
he got his crayons
and he started to draw.
He put colours all over the paper,
because colours were what he saw.
And the teacher said,
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what you doing young man?
I'm painting flowers he said.
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She said it's not the time for
and anyway flowers are
green and red.
young man,
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a way things should be done
You've got to show concern
for everyone else
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And she said, flowers are red, young man,
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green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers
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than the way they always
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have been seen
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There are so many colours in the rainbow,
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So many colours in the morning sun,
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So many colours in the flowers,
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And I see every one.
The teacher said,
You're a naughty boy,
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There are ways things should be,
And you'll paint flowers the way they are,
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So repeat this af ter me,
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And she said, Flowers are red,
young man,
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green leaves are green
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any other way
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Than the way they always
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have been seen
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There are so many colours in the rainbow
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So many colours in the morning sun
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So many colours in the flowers
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And I see every one
So the teacher put him in a corner
She said, it's for your own good
And you don't come out
until you get it right
And you're responding like you should
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So he went to the teacher
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And this is what he said
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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 flowers
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Than the way they always
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have been seen
Well time went by like it always does
And he moved to another town
And the little boy went to another school
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This was what he found
He found the teacher
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And there are so many colors in the flowers,
so let's paint every one
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neat rows of green and red
And when the teacher asked him
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why this is what he said
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Flowers are red
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Green leaves are green,
there's no need to see flowers
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than the way they always have been
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seen.
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You
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsDm G C Csus4 Bb...
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