Harry Chapin - Flowers are red
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Em/B Em/E (4x)
[Verse]
EmThe little boy went first day of school
Got some craCyons and started to draw
He put cEmolors all over the paper
For coClors what what he saw
The teAacher said "Whatcha doin' young man?"
"D7I'm paintin' flowers." he said
She said "It's Anot the time for art young man
And anD7yway flowers are green and red."
"There's a Emtime for everything young man
And a wCay it should be done
You've got to Emshow concern for everyone else
For you're nCot the only oD7ne."
And she said "GFloweD7rs are rGed
GrGeen leD7aves are grGeen D7
There's Gno need to D7see flowers aGny other wCay
Than the wGay they alD7ways hGave been seCen"
But the liD7ttle boy said D7
"There are Gso many coD7lors in the GrainbD7ow
GSo many coD7lors in the morCning D7sun
GSo many coD7lors in a GfloweCr
And GI see eD7veryonGe" C G
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[Verse]
The teEmacher said "You're sassy
There's wCays that things should be
And yEmou'll paint flowers the way they are
So reCpeat after D7me
And she said "GFloweD7rs are rGed
GrGeen leD7aves are grGeen D7
There's Gno need to D7see flowers aGny other wCay
Than the wGay they alD7ways hGave been seCen"
But the liD7ttle boy said D7
"There are Gso many coD7lors in the GrainbD7ow
GSo many coD7lors in the morCning D7sun
GSo many coD7lors in a GfloweCr
And GI see eD7veryonGe" C G
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[Verse]
The teEmacher put him in a corner
And said "ICt's for your own good
And you wEmon't come out 'till you get it right
And are respConding like you should"
Well fiAnally he got lonely
Frightened thoD7ughts filled his head
And he wAent up to the teacher
And tChis is what he sD7aid
And he said "GFloweD7rs are rGed
GrGeen leD7aves are grGeen D7
There's Gno need to D7see flowers aGny other wCay
Than the wGay they alD7ways hGave been seCen"
Riff
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[Verse]
EmTime went by like it always does
And they moCved to another town
And the lEmittle boy went to another school
And tChis is what he found
The teAacher there was smiling
She said "PaiD7nting should be fun
And there are Aso many colors in the flower
So lD7et's use every one"
But that lEmittle boy painted flowers
In neat rCows of green and red
And Emwhen the teacher asked him why
TChis is what he sD7aid
And he said G"FlowD7ers are Gred
GrGeen leD7aves are grGeen D7
There's Gno need to D7see flowers aGny other wCay
Than the wGay they alD7ways hGave been seCen"
N.C.But there still must be a way
N.C.To have our children say:
[Outro]
"There are Gso many coD7lors in the GrainbD7ow
GSo many coD7lors in the morCning D7sun
GSo many coD7lors in a GfloweCr
And GI see eD7veryonGe" C G
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