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C#m/G# (8x's)
C#m
The little boy went first day of school
A
Got some crayons and started to draw
C#m
He put colors all over the paper
A
For colors what what he saw
F#
The teacher said "Whatcha doin' young man?"
B7
"I'm paintin' flowers." he said
F#
She said "It's not the time for art young man
B7
And anyway flowers are green and red."
C#m
"There's a time for everything young man
A
And a way it should be done
C#m
You've got to show concern for everyone else
A B7
For you're not the only one."
E B7 E
And she said "Flowers are red
E B7 E B7
Green leaves are green
E B7 E A
There's no need to see flowers any other way
E B7 E A
Than the way they always have been seen"
B7 B7 - B7 - B7
But the little boy said
E B7 E B7
"There are so many colors in the rainbow
E B7 A B7
So many colors in the morning sun
E B7 E A
So many colors in a flower
E B7 E A - E
And I see everyone"
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C#m/G# (8x's)
C#m
The teacher said "You're sassy
A
There's ways that things should be
C#m
And you'll paint flowers the way they are
A B7
So repeat after me
E B7 E
And she said "Flowers are red
E B7 E B7
Green leaves are green
E B7 E A
There's no need to see flowers any other way
E B7 E A
Than the way they always have been seen"
B7 B7 - B7 - B7
But the little boy said
E B7 E B7
"There are so many colors in the rainbow
E B7 A B7
So many colors in the morning sun
E B7 E A
So many colors in a flower
E B7 E A - E
And I see everyone"
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C#m/G# (8x's)
C#m
The teacher put him in a corner
A
And said "It's for your own good
C#m
And you won't come out 'till you get it right
A
And are responding like you should"
F#
Well finally he got lonely
B7
Frightened thoughts filled his head
F#
And he went up to the teacher
A B7
And this is what he said
E B7 E
And he said "Flowers are red
E B7 E B7
Green leaves are green
E B7 E A
There's no need to see flowers any other way
E B7 E A
Than the way they always have been seen"
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C#m/G# (8x's)
C#m
Time went by like it always does
A
And they moved to another town
C#m
And the little boy went to another school
A
And this is what he found
F#
The teacher there was smiling
B7
She said "Painting should be fun
F#
And there are so many colors in the flower
B7
So let's use every one"
C#m
But that little boy painted flowers
A
In neat rows of green and red
C#m
And when the teacher asked him why
A B7
This is what he said
E B7 E
And he said "Flowers are red
E B7 E B7
Green leaves are green
E B7 E A
There's no need to see flowers any other way
E B7 E A
Than the way they always have been seen"
[optional ending...]
[spoken]
But there still must be a way
To have our children say:
E B7 E B7
"There are so many colors in the rainbow
E B7 A B7
So many colors in the morning sun
E B7 E A
So many colors in a flower
E B7 E A - E
And I see everyone"
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