xEighteen Yellow Roses:Bobby Darin.
(Written by Darin.) #12 in UK and #10 in USA
in 1963.
(Capo 2nd fret.)
#1.
C G7 C
Eighteen yellow roses came today.
G7 C C7
Eighteen yellow roses in a pretty bouquet.
F
When the boy came to the door..
C
I didn't know what to say.
G7 C G7
But eighteen yellow roses came today.
#2.
C G7 C G7
I opened up the card to see what it said.
C G7 C C7
I couldn't believe my eyes when I had read..
F C
Though you belong to another, I love you anyway.
G7 C
Yes, eighteen yellow roses came today.
CHORUS:
Eb C
I never doubted your love for a minute.
Eb C
I always thought that you would be true.
Eb C
But now this box and the flowers in it..
Eb F G7
I guess there's nothin' left for me to do.
#3.
C G7 C G7
But ask to meet the boy that's done this thing.
C G7 C C7
And find out if he's got plans to buy you a ring.
F C
Cause eighteen yellow roses will wilt and die one day..
G7 C G7 C
but a father's love will never fade away.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
