Green Chords by Edie Brickell

We like to [C] spy on the [D] neighbors. _ _ _
_ [E] They look [C] so happy [Am] _ _ [D] together. _
_ [E] Funny, [C] the power [D] of strangers. _ _
_ [E] _ Sometimes [C] I wonder [Am] if they got [D] it _ better.
[G] _ Green, [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D]
have you [G] seen green?
[C] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] Check out [C] the view from [D] the rooftop. _
_ _ [E] They got [C]
a horse and [Am] a big _ [D]
trampoline.
_ [E] Running [C] and jumping [D] till they drop. _
_ _ [E] Down on [C] the _ _ [Am] _ ground [D] and around [G] their _ [C] knees.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D]
Have you [G] seen green?
[C] Green, _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D]
have you [E] seen green?
[C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ So green, [E] green, _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ so _ green.
[Bm] Oh, I _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ like to be like that.
[Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] I like to be like that.
[Bm] I _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] like to be moving [Am] _ _ along _ _ [D] _ _ _
so _ [G] green.
_ [C] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [E] I watch [C] them laugh the way [E] they laugh. _
_ See all my [C]
blues get [Am] back up in [D] the sky.
[E] _ _ [C] Only we had [D] what they had. _ _
_ [E] We'd never [C] _
worry [Am] and we'd never [D] cry.
[G] Oh, green, _ [C] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [D] have you [G] seen green?
[C] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [D] Have you [E] seen green?
_ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ So green, [E] green, _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ so green.
[Bm] Oh, _ [Am] _ _ _ [G]
I like to be like that.
[Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G]
I like to be like that.
[Bm] I _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G]
like to be _ [Am] moving _ _ _ _ [D] along _ _ so _ [G] _
green.
[C] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _
Green, [D] _ _ _ [G]
green, _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] green.
_ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
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