xTHE GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME JOHNNY CASH JOHNNY CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON(1968) [Verse] (G)The old hometown looks the(G7)same As I(C)stepped down from the(G)train And there to meet me is my mama and my(D)papa(D7) Down the(G)road I look and(G7) there runs Mary (C)Hair of gold and lips like cherries It's(G)good to touch the(D7)green green grass of home The old house is still standing Though the paint is cracked and dry And there's that old oak tree that I used to play on Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary Hair of gold and lips like cherries It's good to touch the green green grass of home [Refrain] (G)Yes they'll all come to(G7)see me Arms(C)reaching smiling sweetly It's(G)good to touch the(D7)green green grass of home [Verse] Then I awake and look around me To the cold gray walls that surround me And then I realize I was only dreaming For there's a guard and a sad old padre Arm in arm I walk at daybreak Again I'll touch the green green grass of home [Refrain] Yes they'' all come to see me In the shade of that old oak tree As they lay me neath the green green grass of home.
