x#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: [email protected] Subject: Misc. Country; Green Green Grass Of Home.crd Green Green Grass Of Home Curly Putman C C7 F C The old home town looks the same as I step down from the train C G7 And there to meet me is my mama and papa; Dm7 G7 C C7 F Fdim F Em7-Dm7 Down the road I look and there runs Mary, hair of gold and lips like cherries, C G7 Dm7 G7 C F C it's good to touch the green, green grass of home. REFRAIN Dm7 G7 C C7 F Yes, they'll all come to meet me arms a-reaching, smiling sweetly; Dm7 C G Dm7 G7 C It's good to touch the green, green grass of home. C C7 F C The old house is still standing, though the paint is cracked and dry, C G7 And there's that old oak tree that I used to play on; Dm7 G7 C C7 F Fdim F Em7-Dm7 Down the lane I walk and with my sweet Mary, hair of gold an lips like cherries Dm7 C G7 Dm7 G7 C F C it's good to touch the green, green grass of home. (spoken) [same progression] Then I awake and look around me at the four gray walls that surround me and I realize that I was only dreaming. For there's a guard and there's a sad old padre. Arm and arm we'll walk at daybreak - again I'll touch the green, green grass of home FINAL REFRAIN Dm7 G7 C C7 F Em7 Yes, they'll all come to see me in the shade of that old oak tree; Dm7 C G Dm7 G7 F-Em7-Dm7-C As they lay me 'neath the green, green grass of home.
