Lirik dan Chord Lagu Flowers Are Red - Harry Chapin

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Pada 15 Juni 1978 musisi pop rock asal Amerika, Harry Chapin merilis sebuah lagu berjudul "Flowers Are Red".

Lagu tersebut menjadi trek kedelapan dari sembilan lagu dalam albumnya yang bertajuk Living Room Suite. 

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Any Old Kind of Day - Harry Chapin

Berikut lirik dan chord lagu "Flowers Are Red" dari Harry Chapin.

[Verse]
                   Em
The little boy went first day of school
                 C
Got some crayons and started to draw
                    Em
He put colors all over the paper
              C
For colors what what he saw
             A
The teacher said "Whatcha doin' young man?"
                        D7
"I'm paintin' flowers." he said
                      A
She said "It's not the time for art young man
                    D7
And anyway flowers are green and red."
                 Em
"There's a time for everything young man
               C
And a way it should be done
                  Em
You've got to show concern for everyone else
C             D7
For you're not the only one."
G           D7                G
And she said "Flowers are red
G           D7        G     D7
Green leaves are green
G              D7          G         C
There's no need to see flowers any other way
G              D7            G       C
Than the way they always have been seen"
D7                  D7
But the little boy said
G              D7           G         D7
"There are so many colors in the rainbow
G              D7           C      D7
So many colors in the morning sun
G             D7         G        C
So many colors in a flower
G           D7      G       C        G
And I see everyone"

[Verse]
                  Em
The teacher said "You're sassy
                     C
There's ways that things should be
                    Em
And you'll paint flowers the way they are
C                D7
So repeat after me
G                D7       G
And she said "Flowers are red
G           D7         G        D7
Green leaves are green
G            D7          G                    C
There's no need to see flowers any other way
G            D7             G                C
Than the way they always have been seen"
D7                D7
But the little boy said
G            D7              G        D7
"There are so many colors in the rainbow
G              D7            C          D7
So many colors in the morning sun
G         D7           G    C
So many colors in a flower
G        D7        G        C         G
And I see everyone"

[Verse]
                   Em
The teacher put him in a corner
               C
And said "It's for your own good
                 Em
And you won't come out 'till you get it right
                C
And are responding like you should"
                  A
Well finally he got lonely
                     D7
Frightened thoughts filled his head
                A
And he went up to the teacher
C              D7
And this is what he said
G                   D7                   G
And he said "Flowers are red
G          D7          G       D7
Green leaves are green
G               D7             G        C
There's no need to see flowers any other way
G              D7            G                        C
Than the way they always have been seen"

[Verse]
                    Em
Time went by like it always does
              C
And they moved to another town
                  Em
And the little boy went to another school
                  C
And this is what he found
                    A
The teacher there was smiling
                 D7
She said "Painting should be fun
                  A
And there are so many colors in the flower
               D7
So let's use every one"
                       Em
But that little boy painted flowers
                 C
In neat rows of green and red
                 Em
And when the teacher asked him why
C             D7
This is what he said
G              D7       G
And he said "Flowers are red
G            D7           G            D7
Green leaves are green
G           D7          G           C
There's no need to see flowers any other way
G                D7             G                  C
Than the way they always have been seen"
N.C.
But there still must be a way
N.C.
To have our children say:

[Outro]
G           D7               G              D7
"There are so many colors in the rainbow
G             D7            C     D7
So many colors in the morning sun
G             D7          G           C
So many colors in a flower
G          D7      G         C           G
And I see everyone"