Like an Old Fashioned Waltz
Verse 1
D G D
Roses are red and violets are blue
G D
Primroses pale on a velvet green hue
Em G Bm
Warm summer days by cool waterfalls
A
Like the music we hear
G D A
Those things we'll always hold dear
Bm BG/A D A
Like an old fashioned waltz
Instrumental
BBGDA
Verse 2
G
When the moonlight shines down
D
On the Hollywood world
G D
And the heroine waits for her beau to return
Em G Bm
And the violins play from behind garden walls
A G D A
Oh how I'd love to remain with the silver refrain
Bm BG/A D A
Of an oooold fashioned waltz
Instrumental
BBGDF
Instrumental - key change
BFBF
BDCBFC
DBFC
DBF
Verse 3 - back to original key
D G D
And they dance round the floor and there's no one else there
G D
And the world is no more and there's never a care
Em G Bm
By the perfect lagoon as the nightingale calls
A G D A
With only the moon and the nostalgic tune
Bm BG/A D A
Of an old fashioned waltz
BBGDA
Verse 4
G D
Roses are red violets are blue
G D
Primroses pale on a velvet green hue
Em G Bm
Warm summer days by cool waterfalls
A
Like the music we hear
G D A
Those things we'll always hold dear
Bm BG/A D A
Like an old fashioned waltz
Bm BG/A D A
Like an o-o-old fashioned waltz
Bm BG/A D A
An old fashioned waltz
Outro
BGD