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The Grass Is Greener

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Brenda Lee, née Brenda Mae Tarpley (born December 11, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia), is an American country-pop singer, who was popular during the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1960s she had more charted hits than any other woman, and only three male singers/groups (Elvis Presley, Ray Charles and The Beatles) outpaced her. She was one of the earliest pop stars to have a major contemporary international following.

She was given the nickname Little Miss Dynamite

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The Grass Is Greener:Brenda Lee.
#17 on Hot 100 on DECCA Records
in 1963.

INTRO: Ab C# Db Eb

#1.
Ab Db
I had the world when you were mine..
Eb Ab F# F
but I threw it away.
Bbm F# Db
I thought the grass was greener there..
Bb Eb
where I wandered one day.

#2.
Ab Db
I left your arms for someone else..
Eb Ab F# F
but he was never true.
Bbm F# Db
I thought the grass was greener there..
Ab Eb Ebm Ab
now here am I so blue.

BRIDGE:
Ab Bbm Eb Cm
Now another, now another holds your hand.
Am Bbm Eb
And there's nothing, there's nothing left
Ab
for me.
G Cm Fm
And it hurts so much to see her stand, where
Bb Eb Bbm Eb
I once used to be.

#3.
Ab C Ab Db Eb
It breaks my heart when you walk by..so near,
Ab F# F
and yet so far.
Bbm Db Ab Eb Ab Eb
And the grass is really greener there..for that's
Ab C Db F# F
just where you are.

OUTRO:
Bbm Ab Db Ab
I know the grass is greener there..for that's
Eb Cm Eb Ab Eb B Ab
just where you are.

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.