COWPIE Country Music Lyrics
Joe Diffie
John Deere Green
Intro: (G) (G) (G) (G) (G) They were farm kids way down in Dixie (C) They met in high school (G) in the sixties Everyone knew it was love from the (D) start (G) One July in the midnight hour (C) He climed the (G) water tower Stood on the rail and (D) painted a 10ft (C) heart (D) In (Em) John (D) Deere (C) green (G) On a (D) hot summer ni(C)ght He wrote (Em) Billy Bob (D) loves Charl(C)ene (G) In letters (D) 3 foot (C) high And the (Em) whole town said that he (D) should have used red But it (G) looked good to Charl(C)ene In (Em) John (D) Deere gr(G)een (G) (G) (G) (G) (G) They settled down on 80 acres (C) Raising sweet corn, (G) kids and tomato's They went together like a hand and a gl(D)ove (G) On a clear day from their front yard (C) If you look and (G) know what to look for Off to the east you can (D) still read his words of (C) love (D) In (Em) John (D) Deere (C) green (G) On a (D) hot summer ni(C)ght He wrote (Em) Billy Bob (D) loves Charl(C)ene (G) In letters (D) 3 foot (C) high And the (Em) whole town said that he (D) should have used red But it (G) looked good to Charl(C)ene In (Em) John (D) Deere gr(G)een Solo Now (D) more then once the (Em) town has dicoved Painting (C) over it ain't no (G) use There (D) ain't no paint in the (Em) world that'll cover it The (C) heart keeps showing thr(D)ough --- key change --- In (F#m) John (E) Deere (D) green (A) On a (E) hot summer ni(D)ght He wrote (F#m) Billy Bob (E) loves Charl(D)ene (A) In letters (E) 3 foot (D) high And the (F#m) whole town said that he (E) should have used red But it (A) looked good to Charl(D)ene In (F#m) John (E) Deere gr(A)een 2nd Solo In (F#m) John (E) Deere (D) green (A) On a (E) hot summer ni(D)ght He wrote (F#m) Billy Bob (E) loves Charl(D)ene (A) In letters (E) 3 foot (D) high And the (F#m) whole town said the boy (E) should have used red But it (A) looked good to Charl(D)ene In (F#m) John (E) Deere gr(A)een (A) (A) (A) (A) John Deere green..........
