Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: C majorC
Difficulty: Novice
Merle Haggard - Green Green Grass of Home
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ_nudgEAQc
Starts on a C majorC chord
Verse #1:
G+G
The old hometown looks the same
C majorC G+G
As I step down from the train
D MajorD
There to meet me is my mama and papa
G+G
Down the lane I look and there runs Mary
C majorC
Hair of gold and lips like cherry
G+G D MajorD G+G
It's good to touch the green green grass of home
Verse #2:
G+G
The old house is still standing
C majorC G+G
Though the paint is cracked and dried
D MajorD
There's the old oak tree that I used to play on
G+G
Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary
C majorC
Hair of gold and lips like cherry
G+G D MajorD G+G
It's so good to touch the green green grass of home
CHORUS:
G+G
Yes they'll all come to meet me
C majorC
Arms out-reached, smelling sweetly
G+G D MajorD G+G
It's so good to touch the green green grass of home
Solo:
G+G D MajorD G+G
Verse #3:
G+G
Then I awake and I look around me
C majorC G+G
At the four gray walls that surround me
D MajorD
And I realize that I was only dreamin'
G+G
For there's the guard and there's the sad old padre
C majorC
And arm-in-arm, we'll walk at daybreak
G+G D MajorD G+G
And again I'll touch the green green grass of home
CHORUS:
G+G
Yes they'll all come to see me
C majorC
In the shade of that old oak tree
G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G
When they lay me 'neath the green green grass of home