[Intro Riff:]
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Em/B  Em/E (4x)

[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"

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[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"

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[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"

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[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]
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"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"

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