Green Green Grass Of Home
 Tom Jones, Frankie Lane, Merle Haggard, Elvis Presley. Joan Baez. Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins

Midi 1 (G90)     Midi 2 (Bb100)


(per Charlie McCoy)
Merle Haggard version
For diatonic harmonica
See YouTube videos below
Hilarious videos
Tabbed by Mark Purintun

                            Railroad Blues 1                                      

 


Lead in:  -6   6    6   7    7    -8     -8    7   -7   7
    (It's good to touch the green, green grass of home.)

 6     6    6    6   -5#   -6     6   6 6    -6    7   -6   7      6
The | old home town looks the | same as I | step down from the | train.
 6    7   -8     8   8 -8  8   -9 8-8 7    -7 -8
And there to | meet me is my | momma and | poppa. |
 RR  7   8    9  9   9    8      -9    8  -8 7      7   7  -7    7
|  Down the road I look, and | there runs Mary. | Hair of gold, and |
   -8    7   -7  -6    -6
| lips like cherries. It's |
    6   6   7    7      -8     -8    7   -7     7
| good to touch the | green, green grass of | home. |

Chorus 1 ...
 7      8      9   9   8  -9   8   8 -8 -8  7   -7   7  -8   7
Yes, they'll all come to meet me arms reachin', smilin' sweetly
 -6   -6   6   6   7    7    -8     -8    7   -7   7
It's  so good to touch the green, green grass of home.

Verse 2:
  6   6    6   -5   -6     6       6    6    -6   7    -6    7   6
The old house is still standin', tho' the paint is cracked and dry.
 6     7     -8   8   8    8  -9   8  -8   7  -7  -8    
And there's that old oak tree that I used to play on.
  7   8    9  9   9    8  -9   8   -8 7     7   7  -7   7   -8    7   -7 -6
Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary.  Hair of gold and lips like cherries.
 -6      6    6   7    7    -8     -8    7   -7   7
It's so'good to touch the green, green grass of home.

Chorus:
 7      8      9   9   8  -9   8   8 -8 -8  7   -7   7  -8   7
Yes, they'll all come to meet me arms reachin', smilin' sweetly
 -6   -6   6   6   7    7    -8     -8    7   -7   7
It's  so good to touch the green, green grass of home.

Spoken:
Then I awake and look around me, at the four grey walls that surround me.
And I realize that I was only dreamin'.  For there's the guard and the sad old
padre, arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak, and again I'll touch the green green grass of home.

(Chorus 2)
  7      8     9    9  8  -9  8  8  -8   -8 7 -7   7   -8  7   -7
Yes, they'll all come to see me in the shade  of that old oak tree
 -6  -6   6   7    7    7    -8     -9    7   -7   7
 as they lay me 'neath the green, green grass of home.  (Fade)

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