John Deere Green Chords by Joe Diffie

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_ [C] _ [A#] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Gm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Gm] _ [G] They were farm kids way down in [C] Dixie, in high [G] school in the 60s.
Everyone knew it was love [D] from the _ start. _
_ _ _ [G] _ One July in the midnight [C] hour, he climbed up on [G] the water tower,
stood on the rail [D] and painted a ten [C]-foot _ heart.
[D] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [D] And John [C] Deere's green.
_ _ [G] _ [D] On a hot [C] summer night, he [Em] wrote Billy [D] Bob loves [C]
Charlie.
_ [G] _ He [D] let his three [C]-foot hide, [D] [Em] and the whole town said [D] that he shouldn't use red,
[G] but he'd love good to [B] [C] Charlie.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] [Em] And [D] John [G] Deere's _ green. _
_ _ [Gm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [G] They settled down on 80 _ [C] acres, raising sweet [G]
corn, kids and tomatoes.
They went together like a hand [D] and a _ glove. _
_ _ _ [G] _ On a clear day from their front [C] yard, if you look [G]
and know what to look for,
off to the east [D] you can still read his words [C] of _ love. _
[D] _ _ [Em] And [D] John [C] Deere's green.
_ [G] _ _ [D] On a hot [C] summer night, he [Em] wrote Billy [D] Bob loves [C]
Charlie.
_ _ [G] He [D] let his three [C]-foot hide, [D] [Em] and the whole town said that [D] he shouldn't use red,
[G] but he'd love good to [C]
Charlie.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] [Em] And [D] John [G] Deere's _ green. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] Now more than [G] once, the town has discovered [C] painting over it ain't [G] no use.
_ [D] There ain't no [G] paint in the world that'll cover [C] it, the heart keeps [D] showing through.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] [F#m] And [E] John _ [D] Deere's green.
_ _ [A] _
[E] On a hot [D] summer night, he [F#] wrote Billy [E] Bob loves [D] Charlie.
_ _ [A]
He [E] let his three [D]-foot _ [E] hide, [F#m] and the whole town said that [E] he shouldn't use red,
[A] but he'd love good to [D] Charlie. _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _ [E] And [A] John Deere's _ _ _ green. _ _
[D] And _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _
[E] John _ [D] _ _ _ [A] Deere's green.
And John Deere's green.
And John Deere's green.
On [E] a hot [D] summer _ night, [F#] he wrote Billy [E] Bob [D] loves Charlie.
_ _ [A]
He [E] let his [D] three-foot [E] hide, [F#m] and the whole town said [E] that he shouldn't use [A] red,
but he'd love good to [D] Charlie. _ _ _
_ _ [E] [F#m] And _ [E] John [A]
Deere's _ _ _ green.
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ John [A]
Deere's _ green. _ _ _ _
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