Roses Are Red Chords

KeyEb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays494

Roses Are Red by Dickey Lee is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Eb. It uses the chords Eb, Ab, Fm, Bb, Gm7 and Cm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Eb
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Intro: 
 Eb        Ab                       Eb 
(Roses are red my love..doo-doo-doo-doo) 

#1. 
Eb               Fm   Bb Gm7  Eb 
A long long time ago, on graduation day. 
           Fm            Bb Gm7         Eb 
You handed me your book, I  signed this way. 

Eb   Fm Gm7 Ab            Eb 
Ros..es are red, my love, violets are blue. 
Cm   Eb    Ab        Bb 
Sug..ar is sweet, my love, but not as sweet  
   Eb  Ab Eb 
as you. 

#2. 
Eb       Bb                       Gm7 
We dated through high school, and when the  
Eb 
big day came. 
  Ab              Fm    Gm7        Eb 
I wrote into your book, next to my name. 

Eb   Fm Gm7 Ab            Eb 
Ros..es are red, my love, violets are blue. 
Cm   Eb    Ab        Bb 
Sug..ar is sweet, my love, but not as sweet  
   Eb       Ab       Eb        Fm      Eb   
as you..(as sweet as you..(ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo.) 

Bridge: 
Ab          Gm7  Bb      Eb 
Then I went far away and you found someone new. 
 Eb  Fm  Gm7 Ab    
(ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo.) 
Ab          Fm                Eb           Ab Eb 
I read your letter, dear, and I wrote back to you. 

Eb   Fm Gm7 Ab            Eb 
Ros..es are red, my love, violets are blue. 
Cm   Eb    Ab                   Bb 
Sug..ar is sweet, my love, good luck, may God 
      Eb         Ab       Eb        
bless you..(may God bless you.) 

#3. 
Eb           Bb                       Eb 
Is that your little girl, she looks a lot like you. 
              Fm              Gm7          Eb 
Some day some boy will write, in her book, too. 

Eb   Fm Gm7 Ab            Eb 
Ros..es are red, my love, violets are blue. 
Cm   Eb    Ab                  Bb     Gm7 
Sug..ar is sweet, my love, but not as sweet  
   Eb    Ab        Eb  
as you..(roses are red.)  
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante