Green Green Grass Of Home
Tom Jones (Curly Putnam, 1965)


Intro
| [G]   | [Gsus4]   | [G]   | [Gsus4]   | [G]   | [D7]  

The | [G] old home town looks the | same
As I | [C] step down from the | [G] train
And there to | [G] meet me is my | [Gsus4] Mama  [G] and | [D7] Papa... | [D7] ...
Down the | [G] road I look, and | [G7] there runs Mary,
| [C] ...Hair of gold, and | lips like cherries
It's | [G] good to touch the | [D7] green, green grass of | [G] home.   | [G]  

Chorus
[D7↓] Yes, [D7↓] they'll | [G] all come to | [G7] meet me,
Arms | [C] reaching, smiling | sweetly,
It's | [G] good to touch the | [D7] green, green grass of | [G] home. | [D7]  

The | [G] old house is still | [G7] standing
Though the | [C] paint is cracked and | [G] dry
And there's that | [G] old oak tree | that I used to | [D] play on   | [D7]  
Down the | [G] lane I walk with | [G7] my sweet Mary,
| [C] ...Hair of gold, and | lips like cherries,
It's | [G] good to touch the | [D7] green, green grass of | [G] home | [G]  

Spoken Verse
| [G] ...Then I awake, and | look around me |
| [C] ...At four grey walls | [G] that surround me |
| [G] ...And I realise, | yes, I was only | [D7] dreaming   | [D7]  
For there's a | [G] guard, and there's a | [G7] sad old Padre |
| [C] ...Arm in arm we'll | [C] walk at daybreak |
| [G] Again I'll touch the | [D] green, green grass of | [G] home. [C] | [G]  

[C] Yes, they'll | [G] all come to | [G7] see me,
In the | [C] shade of that | old oak tree
As they | [G] lay me 'neath the | [D↓] green, green grass of | [C] home.   | [G↓]  

#Capo on 1st fret to play with Tom Jones.

#Johnny Cash plays this on in key of C#.

#Last Updated 03/05/2021 JJ
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