Red roses for a blue lady Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays615

Red roses for a blue lady by Ray Conniff is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, B7, E7, C#m7/5-, A7, Dm, G7, Am, D7, G, G7/5+, F and Fm7+. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			            C               B7   
I want some red roses for a blue lady 
 E7                          C#m7/5-    A7 
Mister florist take my order please 
   Dm           G7     C         Am 
We had a silly quarrel the other day 
   D7                                 G      G7/5+ 
I hope these pretty flowers chase her blues away 
            C               B7 
I want some red roses for a blue lady 
 E7                               C#m7/5-  A7  
Send them to the sweetest girl in town 
    F              Fm7+        C             A7   
And if they do the trick, I'll hurry back to pick 
     Dm                G               C   
Your best white orchid for her wedding gown.  

    	

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