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-INTRO-
DO7 DO DO7 DO FA9maj7
-VERSE-
DO7 DO
Well I rode the green across this country.
DO7 DO
Horses lived and died to take me
FA9
Men I killed to help me get there, further west I died to take me.
DO7 DO
Blackened face and dirty laundry.
DO7 DO
Many days since I have eaten.
FA9
Found myself a family.
Broke my back so I could feed them.
-CHORUS-
DO7 DO DO7 DO
High in the wind.
FA9
Standing in the sun.
DO7 DO DO7 DO
We're gonna' raise up the heavens.
FA9
With a shovel and a gun.
LAm
I was so much younger then.
DO
I would never ever listen.
LAm
I am so much older now.
DO
I thought that things would end up different.
LAm SOL
Farewell, lover in green.
-VERSE-
DO7 DO
Elizabeth she is my lady.
DO7 DO
Says the prayers and does the learnin'.
FA9
Waking up all the children.
Making love in early morning.
DO7 DO
We took to building up the cities.
DO7 DO
We built the churches in our cities.
FA9
Happy in the green country.
And in the green they buried me.
-REPEAT CHORUS-
-BRIDGE-
LAm DO LAm DO
Oh. She sang hymns that made me cry.
LAm DO
Oh. She danced so tender.
LAm DO SOL
As I held you in the green.
*Bridge ends with a flurry of notes I do not know.
-INTRO CHORDS WITH HARMONICA IN C-
-SPOKEN VERSE-
DO7 DO DO7 DO
Well I'm dead now.
FA9
My wife Elizabeth is at my side.
DO7 DO DO7
DO
I've got children all around me.
FA9
I've got grandchildren.
DO7 DO DO7 DO
I've got great grandchildren.
FA9
I've got great great grandchildren.
DO7 DO DO7
DO
Too many for me to remember.
FA9
Maybe one of them is you?
-CHORUS-
-chords- C C7 F9 G Am
0 0 0 3 0
3 3 0 2 0
2 2 3 0 2
0 0 2 0 2
1 3 1 3 1
0 0 3 3 0
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