Green Grass
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Green Grass: Gary Lewis and the Playboys.
#8 in 1966.
INTRO: C-A-Dm-G(x2)
#1.
C E E7 F
Green grass 'round my window, young leaves that
Fm
the wind blows.
C Fm C Fm
Yes it's springtime.....golden sunshine,
C Dm
And we're glad, my little love and I,
G7 C A-Dm-G
Now that summertime is nigh.
#2.
C E F
Carefree, kissin' couples...dream away, all their
Fm
troubles,
C Fm C Fm
cause it's springtime....golden sunshine,
C Dm
while the bluebirds sing their magic song,
G7 C C7
we will love the summer long.
[Refrão]F Fm
All the summer we've been waitin', girl and I
anticipatin',
Em Bb
what we're gonna do, with summer overdue.
F Fm
Now it's here, we're out together, so the weatherman
Dm G
had better, do his best to make a show and bring
G7
the sunshine out to grow...
#3.
C E
the green grass round my window,
F Fm
young leaves that the wind blows,
C Fm C Fm
yes, it's springtime...golden sunshine,
C G
while the bluebirds sing their magic song,
G C A-Dm-G
we will love the summer long.
OUTRO:
G C A-Dm-G
we will love the summer long. (x3)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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