C5 F5 Out in the country Bb5 Eb5 G#5 F5 Far from all the soot and noise of the city G5 C5 There's a village green C5 F5 It's been a long time Bb5 Eb5 G#5 F5 Since I last set eyes on the church with the steeple G5 C5 Down by the village green C5 F5 Ah la la la la Bb5 Eb5 G#5 F5 'Twas there I met a girl call Daisy G5 C5 And kissed her by the old oak tree C5 F5 Ah la la la la Bb5 Eb5 G#5 F5 Although I loved my Daisy, I sought fame G5 C5 And so I left the village green CHORUS: F5 F5 F5 F5 I miss the village green, And all the simple people C5 C5 C5 C5 I miss the village green, The church, the clock, the steeple D5 G5 I miss the morning dew, fresh air and Sunday school And now all the houses are rare antiquities American tourists flock to see the village green They snap their photographs and say "Gol' darn it Isn't it a pretty scene?" And Daisy's married Tom the grocer boy And now he owns a grocery ...CHORUS And I will return there And I'll see Daisy And we'll sit and laugh And talk about the village green C5 F5 Bb5 Eb5 La la la la la G#5 F5 G5 C5 We will laugh and talk about the village green (slow down at end)