Green Grow The Rushes chords by R.E.M.

Chords with lyrics

GREEN GROW THE RUSHES (Version 1)


The song opens with this, the chorus (3 times):
E---0----------------0-----0-------
B-----2-3-SL-5-5-0-----3-----3---3-    SL - slide up
G------------------4-----4-----4---    sl - slide down
D----------------------------------     H - hammer on
A-0--------------------------------     h - hammer off
E----------------------------------

Then, after the third time through:
E---2-----2-----2-2-2-2-2-----------
B-----3-----3---3-3-3-3-3-0---------
G-4-----4-----4-4-4-4-4-4-0---------
D-----------------------------------
A-----------------------------------
E-----------------------------------

The chords are D MajorD DsusDsus D MajorD G+G B minorBm E MajorE with some picking thrown in (2 times):
E-2-2-3-2-2-3-3-3-----------2-----------0-0---------0------------------
B-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------3-----------0---0---------0----------------
G-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-----------4-----------1-----1-H-2-----0--------------
D-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------0-4-----------2------------------------------
A-----------2-2-2---0-H-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------------
E-----------3-3-3-3---------------------0------------------------------

Then:
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G-14-14-14-12-11-11-11-12-12-12-11-9-9-9-11-11-11-9-7-7-7-H-9-h-7-4-7-7
D--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
Go through this twice, then back to the chords, and then the chorus
again. All the verses have this structure until the last one.

In the last verse, after the chords, it goes like:
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G-14-14-14-12-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-12-11-11-11----
D--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------7---7--------------------------------------------------------
G-12-11-7---7---14-14-14-12-11-11-11-12-12-12-11-9-9-9-12-11-9-11-9-7--
D--0--0-0---0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0--
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G-9-9-9-11-9-7-14-14-14-12-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-14-14-14---
D-0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------7---7--------------------------------------------
G-12-11-11-11-12-11-7---7---14-14-14-12-11-11-11-12-12-12-11-9-9-9-12--
D--0--0--0--0--0--0-0---0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0--
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G-11-9-11-9-7-9-9-9-11-9-7-12-11-9-11-9-7-9-9-9-11-9-7-12-11-9-11-9-7--
D--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0--
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G-9-9-9-11-9-7-11-11-11-11-11-12-11-11---------------------------------
D-0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------

GREEN GROW THE RUSHES (Version 2)


intro and chorus
          trip trip
  (Green Grow....           The Compass points....)
Bass: A augmentedA      G+G G+G A augmentedA BB      BB
| E----0-----------0-----0------|   |----2-----2-------|
| B--------2h3h5-----3-----3----| X3 |------3-----3-----| 3 3 3 3 3 3
| G------4-------4-----4-----4--|   |-4------4-----4-4-| 4 4 4 4 4 4
| D-----------------------------|   |------------------|
| A-----------------------------|   |------------------|
| E-----------------------------|   |------------------|
      ^^^^^
      not sure about this

Verses
(The (????) fallen...       Look at my hands)

1 2  3  4 5
D MajorD D D MajorD D/G D MajorD  G+G | D--------0---| B minorBm E minorEm | E------------------|
        | A--0-0h2-----|     | B------3---5-------|
        | E------------|     | G--2h4---4---4-----|
         ^^^^^^^^^^         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
         slight variations of these fills in
         all the verses

D MajorD D D MajorD D/G D MajorD G+G  B minorBm E minorEm (no fill)


Bridge into chorus

(I play it this way; I think Pete uses a finger pick for the d)
| E--------------------------------------------------------
| B--------------------------------------------------------
| G-14-14-14-12-11-12-12-12-11-9-11-11-11-9-7-7-7h9p7------
| D--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-----9----
| A--------------------------------------------------------
| E--------------------------------------------------------

coda (x3, then section A augmentedA x4)


| E---------------------------------------------------------------------
| B---------------------------------------------------------------------
| G-14-14-14-12-11-12-12-12-12-12---14-14-14-12-11-11h12-11---11----11--
| D---------------------------------------------------------12---12-----
| A---------------------------------------------------------------------
| E---------------------------------------------------------------------

| E-----------------------------------3---2-3-0---2-3-2---2-------------
| B------------------------------------3-------3--------3---------------
| G-14-14-14-12-11-12-12-12-12-11-9-----2-------2-----------------------
| D---------------------------------------------------------------------
| A---------------------------------------------------------------------
| E---------------------------------------------------------------------
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                   section A augmentedA

end
    Bass:  F#F#  F#F# G+G  F#F# E MajorE D MajorD
    guitar: D MajorD  D MajorD D D/G D MajorD


   D/G

E MajorE|--2-3------
BB|---3-------
G+G|--2--------
D MajorD|-----------
A augmentedA|-----------
E MajorE|-----------


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