INTRO: INSTRUMENTAL  
 
A5     D5                 A5                     D5 
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home. 
 
VERSE / VOCAL 
 

D5 
The old home town looks the same  
     G5                   D5 
as I step down from the train 
                                    A5    A5 
And there to meet me is my mama and papa 
          D5                  
Down the road I look and there runs Mary, 
G5 
hair of gold and lips like cherries. 
      D5                 A5                    D5 
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home. 


D5                                     G5 
Yes,they'll all come to meet me arms a-reaching, smiling sweetly; 
      D5                 A5                     D5      
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home.  
 
VERSE 
        D5                                    G5                   D5 
The old house is still standing, though the paint is cracked and dry, 
                                             A5      A5 
And there's that old oak tree that I used to play on 
          D5 
Down the lane I walk and with my sweet Mary, 
G5 
hair of gold and lips like cherries. 
      D5                 A5                    D5 
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home. 
 
SPOKEN VERSE 
 

D5 
And then suddenly I awake and look around me 
        G5                    D5 
at the four gray walls that surround me  
                               A5 
and I realize that I was only dreaming. 
               D5 
For there's a guard and there's a sad old padre 
G5 
Arm and arm we'll walk at daybreak  
 D5                           A5             D5 
again I'll touch the green, green grass of home 
 
FINAL REFRAIN / VOCALS 
 

D5                                       G5 
Yes, they'll all come to see me in the shade of that old oak tree; 
    D5                      A5                    G5    D5 
As they lay me 'neath the green, green grass of home.