Green Hand chords by Odd Girl Out

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
 G+G            C majorC
Hey young man with the green hand,
     A minorAm       C majorC      G+G
Will you fight for this land and your mother?
 G+G           C majorC
Hey young man with the gentle hand,
     A minorAm             C majorC         D MajorD       G+G
We will wipe away tears, and we’ll justify fears in a fight for this land.


Chorus:
     G+G
Take a knife take a gun take a walk take a run
    C majorC
Take a ride on the badge you wear
      D MajorD
Tuck your shirt, fix your tie, look at this, oh, my my,
    C majorC      G+G
What a man you’ve become
      G+G
Give your hand to this land give your might to the fight
    C majorC
Sail away on the flag we bear
      D MajorD
Tuck your shirt, fix your tie, look at this, oh, my my,
    C majorC      G+G
What a man you’ve become

G+G G+G C majorC C majorC A minorAm C majorC D MajorD G+G


Bridge:
 G+G     C majorC
So it goes, no one knows
   A minorAm    C majorC      D MajorD        G+G
The lies he’s told or the things that he’s done
G+G       C majorC  A minorAm  D MajorD   C majorC        D MajorD
Apple pies, sparkling eyes, cut off at the thighs
 C majorC           A minorAm               D MajorD   G+G
Wheeling around on the ground that he should have been running on


Chorus:
     G+G
Take a knife take a gun take a walk take a run
    C majorC
Take a ride on the badge you wear
      D MajorD
Tuck your shirt, fix your tie, look at this, oh, my my,
    C majorC      G+G
What a man you’ve become
      G+G
Give your hand to this land give your might to the fight
    C majorC
Sail away on the flag we bear
      D MajorD
Tuck your shirt, fix your tie, look at this, oh, my my,
    C majorC      G+G
What a man you’ve become

G+G G+G C majorC C majorC A minorAm C majorC D MajorD G+G
G MajorG G+G C majorC C majorC A minorAm C majorC D MajorD G+G


Verse 2:
G+G          C majorC
Hey old man with a fist that was an open hand
    A minorAm     C majorC         G+G
And a belief in a lovely land you’d give
 G+G      C majorC
Vacant eyes, useless tries
  A minorAm       C majorC         G+G
At fitting in the land that was your country


Chorus:
      G+G
Lose your job, lose your wife, lose your meaning in life
    C majorC
Take a ride on a drug you buy
      D MajorD
Walk the streets grow your hair feeling nobody cares
    c      G+G
What a man you’ve become.
     G+G
Take a knife take a gun take a walk take a run
    C majorC
Take a ride on the badge you wear
      D MajorD
Tuck your shirt, fix your tie, look at this, oh, my my,
    C majorC      G+G
What a man you’ve become
      G+G
Give your hand to this land give your might to the fight
    C majorC
Sail away on the flag we bear
      D MajorD
Tuck your shirt, fix your tie, look at this, oh, my my,
    C majorC      G+G
What a man you’ve become


Chorus:
    N.C.
Take a knife take a gun take a walk take a run
    N.C.
Take a ride on the badge you wear
    N.C.
Tuck your shirt, fix your tie, look at this, oh, my my,
    N.C.
What a man you’ve become
    N.C.
Give your hand to this land give your might to the fight
    N.C.
Sail away on the flag we bear
    N.C.
Tuck your shirt, fix your tie, look at this, oh, my my,
    N.C.
What a man you’ve become
    N.C.
Take a knife take a gun take a walk take a run
    N.C.
Take a ride on the badge you wear
    N.C.
Wash your shirt, get a tie, look at this, oh, my my,
    N.C.          G+G
What a man you’ve become