Green, Green Grass of Home

Porter Wagoner (1965), Tom Jones (1966), Johnny Cash (1968)


{t:Green, Green Grass of Home}
{st:Porter Wagoner (1965), Tom Jones (1966), Johnny Cash (1968)}

{c:verse 1}
[D]The old home town looks the same 
as I [G]step down from the [D]train
And there to meet me is my mama and [A]papa 
Down the [D]road I look and there runs Mary,
[G]Hair of gold and lips like cherries.
It's [D]good to touch the [A]green, green grass of [D]home.

{c:verse 2}
The old [D]house is still standing, though the [G]paint is cracked and [D]dry,
And there's that old oak tree that I used to [A]play on
Down the [D]lane I walk and with my sweet Mary,
[G]Hair of gold and lips like cherries.
It's [D]good to touch the [A]green, green grass of [D]home.

{soc}
[D]Yes, they'll all come to meet me arms a-[G]reaching, smiling sweetly;
It's [D]good to touch the [A]green, green grass of [D]home. 
{eoc}

{c:verse 3}
[D]And then suddenly I awake and look around me
at the [G]four gray walls that [D]surround me 
and I realize that I was only [A]dreaming.
For there's a [D]guard and there's a sad old padre
[G]Arm and arm we'll walk at daybreak 
A-[D]gain I'll touch the green, [A]green grass of [D]home

{soc}
[D]Yes, they'll all come to see me in the [G]shade of that old oak tree;
As [D]they lay me 'neath the [A]green, green grass of [G]home.  [D]↓
{eoc}

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