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Red Roses For A Blue Lady

Words and Music by Sid Tepper and Roy Brodsky - 1948

Number 2 on the Hit Parade in 1949, played for 12 weeks.

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
C        Ebdim	Dm7	-             G7	C6
F6	Dm7             G7	C	-                 G7
C        Ebdim	Dm7    Edim  F6	Dm7       G7	C               Am7
D7	-	G9	G7
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
C	-	B7	-
E7	-	A9	-
Dm7	G7	Em               Am	-
D7	-	G9      Gdim  G7	-    Em   F#dim  G7
C	-	B7	-
E7	-	A9	-
Dm7	Ab+            Fm6	C	A9
Dm7       D#dim	C6                G7	C	-    (G7 to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

It hap -pened in a flow -er shop just the oth -er day,

When I went to or -der a bou -quet

I walked up to the flo -rist but be -fore I could be -gin,

A man rushed in and then I heard him say:

 

Chorus:

I want some Red Ros -es For A Blue La -dy,

Mis -ter Flo -rist take my or -der please,

We had a sil -ly quar -rel the oth -er day,

Hope these pret -ty flow -ers chase the blues a -way.

Wrap up some Red Ros -es For A Blue La -dy,

Send them to the sweet -est gal in town

And if they do the trick, I'll hur -ry back to pick

Your best white or -chid for her wed -ding gown.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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