• Song:

    Green Grass

  • Artist:

    Tom Waits

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The chords are generally played with a bass line playing the tonic note and
the note a fourth down on 1 and 3.  The Fm chord is started by sliding up to 
the 8th fret on the A string.  Enjoy.


Intro:
Cm Cm



Verse:

                              Fm (133111@1)Lay your head where my heart used to be

G (320003@1)     Cm (x3101x@1)
Hold the earth above me

AbLay (xx1114@1)down in the green grass

G (320003@1)  Cm (x3101x@1)Remember when you loved me



	     Fm (133111@1)Come closer don't be shy

G (320003@1)   		      Cm (x3101x@1)Stand beneath a rainy sky

Ab (xx1114@1) 
The moon is over the rise

G (320003@1) 		 CmThink (x3101x@1)of me as a train goes by



	     FmClear (133111@1)the thistles and brambles

G (320003@1)        CmWhistle (x3101x@1)'Didn't He Ramble'

AbNow (xx1114@1)there's a bubble of me

G (320003@1)            CmAnd (x3101x@1)it's floating in thee





Middle Section:


Fm (133111@1)    BbStand (x1333x@1)in the shade of me

EbThings (x43121@3)are now made of me

AbThe (xx1114@1)weather vane will say...

GIt (320003@1)smells like rain today





Verse

			  FmGod (133111@1)took the stars and he tossed 'em

G (320003@1)	      CmCan't (x3101x@1)tell the birds from the blossoms

AbYou'll (xx1114@1)never be free of me

G (320003@1) 	     CmHe'll (x3101x@1)make a tree from me



	       FmDon't (133111@1)say good bye to me

G (320003@1)	     CmDescribe (x3101x@1)the sky to me

Ab (xx1114@1)	      GAnd (320003@1)if the sky falls, mark my words

CmWe'll (x3101x@1)catch mocking birds




Interlude (With Whistling):
Fm (133111@1)
G (320003@1)  CmAb (x3101x@1)  Ab
G (320003@1)  Cm (x3101x@1)


Last Verse:


		      FmLay (133111@1)your head where my heart used to be

G (320003@1)       	CmHold (x3101x@1)the earth above me

AbLay (xx1114@1)down in the green grass

G (320003@1)         Cm (x3101x@1)	      CmRemember (x3101x@1)when you loved me

 	

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