C5 G5 Cant you hear your mama talking E5 F5 C5 She told you to hush your idling tongue C5 G5 Sit down in your chair boy E5 F5 C5 Eat your supper, leave your brother alone E5 F5 D5 G5 I was once, Just like you E5 A5 G5 C5 I was green and blue. Well my mother told my father one day How much she had loved her life with him Then she rose up from her body And she vanished in the blue and green spring. E5 F5 D5 G5 She was once, Just like me E5 A5 F5 G5 C5 Now shes gone into the blue and green. E5 F5 Blue and green, D5 G5 Blue and green, E5 A5 F5 G5 C5 You aint lived till youve seen the blue and green. Well you shouldve seen my grandmother She was strong and tough as any man She was sweet and gentle, When she held you like the lover she used to have. E5 F5 D5 G5 But he was gone, Now so it seems E5 A5 F5 G5 C5 But they live on in the blue and green Blue and green, Blue and green, You aint lived till youve seen the blue and green. Blue and green, Blue and green, You aint lived till youve seen the blue and green. Well keep on growing up so fast Life will hit you hard as you can take Well tell me all your troubles boy And I will try and take those troubles away. E5 F5 D5 G5 Cos you were once, Just like me E5 A5 F5 G5 C5 We are coming from the blue and green Blue and green, Blue and green, You aint lived till youve seen the blue and green. Blue and green, Blue and green, You aint lived till youve seen the blue and green. Blue and green, Blue and green, E5 A5 F5 You aint lived till youve seen C5 G5 Cant you hear your mama talking E5 F5 C5 She told you to hush your idling tongue.
