-VERSE-
DO7 DOWell I rode the green across this country.
Horses lived and died to take me
FA9Men I killed to help me get there, further west I died to take me.
DO7 DOBlackened face and dirty laundry.
Many days since I have eaten.
FA9Found myself a family.
Broke my back so I could feed them.
-CHORUS-DO7 DO DO7 DO
High in the wind.
FA9Standing in the sun.
We're gonna' raise up the heavens.
FA9With a shovel and a gun.
LAmI was so much younger then.
I would never ever listen.
LAmI am so much older now.
DOI thought that things would end up different.
Farewell, lover in green.
-VERSE-
DO7 DOElizabeth she is my lady.
Says the prayers and does the learnin'.
FA9Waking up all the children.
Making love in early morning.
We took to building up the cities.
DO7 DOWe built the churches in our cities.
FA9Happy in the green country.
And in the green they buried me.
-REPEAT CHORUS-
-BRIDGE-
Oh. She sang hymns that made me cry.
LAm DOOh. She danced so tender.
LAm DO SOLAs I held you in the green.
*Bridge ends with a flurry of notes I do not know.
-INTRO CHORDS WITH HARMONICA IN C-
-SPOKEN VERSE-
Well I'm dead now.
FA9My wife Elizabeth is at my side.
DO7 DO DO7DOI've got children all around me.
FA9I've got grandchildren.
I've got great grandchildren.
FA9I've got great great grandchildren.
DO7 DO DO7DOToo many for me to remember.
FA9Maybe one of them is you?
-CHORUS-
-chords- C C7 F9 G Am
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