-VERSE-
C7 CWell I rode the green across this country.
Horses lived and died to take me
F9Men I killed to help me get there, further west I died to take me.
C7 CBlackened face and dirty laundry.
Many days since I have eaten.
F9Found myself a family.
Broke my back so I could feed them.
-CHORUS-C7 C C7 C
High in the wind.
F9Standing in the sun.
We're gonna' raise up the heavens.
F9With a shovel and a gun.
AmI was so much younger then.
I would never ever listen.
AmI am so much older now.
CI thought that things would end up different.
Farewell, lover in green.
-VERSE-
C7 CElizabeth she is my lady.
Says the prayers and does the learnin'.
F9Waking up all the children.
Making love in early morning.
We took to building up the cities.
C7 CWe built the churches in our cities.
F9Happy in the green country.
And in the green they buried me.
-REPEAT CHORUS-
-BRIDGE-
Oh. She sang hymns that made me cry.
Am COh. She danced so tender.
Am C GAs 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-
Well I'm dead now.
F9My wife Elizabeth is at my side.
C7 C C7CI've got children all around me.
F9I've got grandchildren.
I've got great grandchildren.
F9I've got great great grandchildren.
C7 C C7CToo many for me to remember.
F9Maybe one of them is you?
-CHORUS-
-chords- C C7 F9 G Am
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