Chords for Ray Charles - Bein' Green

[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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It's not that _ easy being green _
[D] Having _ _ _ _ _ to [Db] spend each day the color of the leaves
[C] _ _ _ _ When I think it could [Fm] be so much nicer
_ [E] Being _ [Fm] red, yellow or [Bb] gold
Or something much [Eb] more colorful like that _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ No, it's not [Eb] that easy Being green _ _
[D] It _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] seems you blend in with so many other _ ordinary [C] things
_ _ And people tend [Fm] to pass you over
_ [E] Cause you're not [Ab] standing out like flashes, sparkles [Bb] on the water
Or [Eb] stars in the _ sky _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] But when green is the color of spring
_ [Gb] _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ Red, [Eb] green can be cool and friendly like that
[Dm] _ _ _
_ [G] Black, green [Cm] can be big like an ocean
_ _ _ [G] _ [Cm] _ White, [F] important like a mountain
_ [Bb] Or tall like a [Ab] tree
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _
But when [Gb] green is all there is to be
[F] It _ _ _ can make [Dbm] you _ wonder why
[Eb] But the why, wonder why, [Abm] wonder I'm green
_ And it'll do [B] fine cause it's beautiful
_ [Db] _ _ _
And I think it's what I _ _ _ wanna [Gb] be _ _ _ _
_ Yeah, _ _ _ _ [B]
it's what I wanna be
[Gb] _ _ Yes
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