Ti Tree School / Music Outback
“Lakinar Nwerna School-warn Petyem”
Leo the Late Bloomer
(Ti Tree Junior Class & Music Outback: Seini ‘SistaNative’ Taumoepeau & Mal Webb)
C
Leo couldn’t do anything right
Chorus:
Dm Am
He couldn’t read (oh oh), he couldn’t write (oh oh)
Dm Am
He couldn’t draw (oh dear) and such a sloppy eater
C
He never said a word (never said a word)
Dm E7
His father was worried, but his mother said
E7
“Leo, Leo, Leo… he’s just a late bloomer”
Am Bb Am E7/G# x2
Oh oh oh oh… oh oh oh oh…. x2
Verse 1:
F C
Everyday and every night
G
His father watched for signs of blooming
“Patience” said his mother
C
“A watched bloomer never blooms”
Chorus (as above)
Verse 2:
F C
The snow in the winter, the flowers in the spring
G
They wondered whether Leo would ever do his thing
G
But in his own time and in his own way
C
One day Leo bloomed!
Dm Am
Now he can read (uh huh) now he can write (uh huh)
Dm Am
Now he can draw (oh yeah) and not a sloppy eater
C
He said his first words (he said his first words)
Dm E7
“I made it!” he shouted and his mother said
E7
“Leo, Leo, Leo… you’re just a late bloomer”
Am Bb Am E7/G# x2
Oh oh oh oh… oh oh oh oh…. x2