Green Green Grass Of Home
Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell GoodTime Hour 1969
Intro G C G C
Verse 1
G G7 C G
The old home town looks the same as I step down from the train
G7 D D7
and there to meet me is Mama and my Papa
G G7 C (notes C,B,A)
Down the road I look and there runs Mary hair of gold and lips like cherries
G D D7 G
It's good to touch the green green grass of home
Chorus 1
C G G7 C (notes C,B,A) G
Yes, they'll all come to meet me arms reaching smiling sweetly
D D7 G D
It's good to touch the green green grass of home
Verse 2
G G7 C G
The old house is still standing, tho' the paint is cracked and dry
G7 D D7
and there's that old oak tree that I used to play on
G G7 C (notes C,B,A)
Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary hair of gold and lips like cherries
G D D7 G
It's good to touch the green green grass of home
Verse 3
(spoken Line)
A D A
Then I awake and look around me, at these four grey walls that surround me
A7 A E E7
Then I realize that I was only dreaming
A A7 G
There's a guard and a sad old padre
D (notes C#,B) A
Arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak
A E E7 A
Again I touch the green green grass of home
Outro
A A7 D (notes D C# B)
Yes they'll all come to see me in the shade of that old oak tree
A E A D D7 A
as they lay me neath the green green grass of home
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