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Red Roses For A Blue Lady

Bert Kaempfert

OtherAdvanced for beginners17 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G○○○
D7××○
FdimDiagram coming soon
C×○○
C9Diagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon
E7○○○○
Dm7Diagram coming soon
A7×○○○
Em7○○○○○
CdimDiagram coming soon
F
Am7×○○○
D××○
D9Diagram coming soon
EdimDiagram coming soon
G7○○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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G D7   Fdim  C  C9 C  C/B   E7 Dm7  E7 
I want some red roses for a blue lady 
A7     Em7      Cdim    Em7    A7 
Mister florist, take my order please 
   F     Dm7   G           C7M  C/B Am7  Am7/G 
We had a silly quarrel the other    day  
  D          Am7    D9      Cdim       G   Edim  G7 
I hope these pretty flowers chase her blues away 
G D7   Fdim  C  C9 C  C/B   E7 Dm7  E7 
I want some red roses for a blue lady 
A7        Em7    Cdim        Em7    A7 
Send them to the sweetest gal in town 
    F       Dm7      G7        C        Em7      A7          
And if they do the trick, I'll hurry back to pick 
Cdim  F         Dm7   Fdim     G7    Dm7   C      
Your best white orchid for her wedding gown

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Chord set

G · D7 · Fdim · C · C9 · B · E7 · Dm7 · A7 · Em7 · Cdim · F · Am7 · D · D9 · Edim · G7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.