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Date: 7/29/98; 11:55:48 PM
From: SherCould2@aol.com
Subject: song Green Green Grass of Home

Submitted by:  Michelle Sherman
Subject:  Green Green Grass of Home
Sung by: Various Artist including Mac Davis


GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME

         G                                               G7
THE OLD HOME TOWN LOOKS THE SAME
          C                                    G
AS I STEP DOWN FROM THE TRAIN
                                                                       D
AND THERE TO MEET ME IS MY MAMA AND PAPA
D7                 G                           G7 
DOWN THE ROAD I LOOK AND THERE RUNS MARY
C
HAIR OF GOLD AND LIPS LIKE CHERRIES
          G                               D7
G-C
IT'S GOOD TO TOUCH THE GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME

1st BRIDGE
G                                            G7                             C 
YES, THEY'LL ALL COME TO MEET ME, ARMS REACHING SMILING SWEETLY
          G                               D7
IT'S GOOD TO TOUCH THE GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME


(SPOKEN) THEN I AWAKE AND LOOK AROUND ME
AT THE FOUR GRAY WALLS THAT SURROUND ME
AND I REALIZE THAT I WAS ONLY DREAMING
FOR THERE'S A GUARD AND THERE'S A SAD OLE PADRE
ARM IN ARM, WE'LL WALK AT DAYBREAK
AGAIN, I'LL TOUCH THE GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME

2nd BRIDGE
YES, THEY'LL ALL COME TO SEE ME, IN THE SHADE OF THAT OLD OAK TREE
AS THEY LAY ME 'NEATH THE GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME
AS THEY LAY ME 'NEATH THE GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME