Gren Green Grass Of Home

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

 

[Refrão]

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