| A long, long time ago, |
| C | |
| On gradu.. | ation day, |
| F | |
| You handed | me your book, |
| G7 | C | |
| I signed this | way... |
| CHORUS: #l. |
| C7 | F | |
| Roses are | red, my love, |
| C | |
| Violets are | blue. |
| F | |
| Sugar is | sweet, my love, |
| G7 | C | |
| But | not as sweet as | you. |
| C | G7 | |
| We dated | through high school, |
| C | |
| And when the | big day came. |
| F | |
| I wrote | into your book, |
| G7 | C | |
| Next to my | name... |
| CHORUS:#1. |
| F | G | G7 | |
| Then I went | far a | way, |
| C | C7 | |
| And | you found someone | new. |
| F | G7 | |
| I read your | letter dear, |
| C | F7 | G7 | |
| And | I wrote | back to | you. |
| CHORUS:#2. |
| C7 | F | |
| Roses are | red, my love, |
| C | Am | |
| Violets are | blue, |
| F | |
| Sugar is | sweet, my love, |
| G7 | C | |
| good | luck, may god bless | you. |
| C | G7 | |
| Is that your | little girl? |
| C | |
| She looks a | lot like you. |
| F | |
| Someday some | boy will write. |
| G7 | C | |
| In her book | too. |
| CHORUS: #1 |
| A sixties smash from Kraziekhat. |