Chords for Vanessa Bourne - Roses are Red ( My Love) A Jim Reeves version

_ _ _ _ A long, long time ago, [F] _ on [Bb] graduation _ day,
You handed [Eb]
me your book, [Cm] _ [F] I'll sign [Bb] this way,
Roses [Eb] are red, my love, _ while it's [Bb] soggy. _ _ _
_ Sugar [Eb] is sweet, my love, [Dm] but not [F] as sweet [Bb] as you. _ _
We dated [F] through high school, [G] _
and when [Bb] the big day came,
I [Eb] wrote into your book, [Cm] _
[F] next to [Bb] mine.
Roses [Eb] are red, my love, _ while it's [Bb]
soggy.
_ _ _ _ Sugar [Eb] is sweet, my love, [F] but not as sweet [Bb] as you.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
Then I [F] went far away, [Bb] and you found someone new.
_ _ [Eb] _
I read [F] your letter, dear, [Bb] and I [B] wrote back to [F] you,
Roses [Eb] are red, my love, _ _ while [Bb] it's soggy.
_ _ _ _ Sugar [Eb] is sweet, my love, [Dm] good luck, may [Bb] God bless [Eb] you.
_ [Bb] _ Is that [F] your little girl?
[G] She looks [Bb] a lot like you.
_ Someday, [Eb]
some boy will [Cm] write [F] in her [Bb] book too.
Roses [Eb] are red, my love, _ while [Bb] it's so blue. _ _
_ Sugar [Eb] is sweet, my love, [F] but not as [Bb] sweet as you.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _