Chords for Tom Jones - "Green, Green Grass of Home"
Tempo:
93.6 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Am
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Well, I recorded this next song in 1966.
I was, in 1965, I went to New York to do an Ed Sullivan show, and while I was there, I
was [N] walking around and went into a record shop.
And I've always been a big Jerry Lee Lewis fan, you see.
So [D] I went into this record shop and I said, have you got anything by Jerry Lee, anything new?
And he said, yeah, we've got this country album [E] that he's just done.
So I said, I'll take it.
So [F] I bought this country album and I [Eb] took it back to the hotel with me and I was playing
[D] it and I heard this one song on there and I thought, wow, that's a great song.
So I took it back to England and I said to my recording manager, I just heard this great
[D] song and I want to do it.
He said, well, OK, let's do it.
Let's see.
So we recorded the song and then Jerry Lee Lewis came to England.
So I played it to him.
[G] I said, I just recorded one of your songs and this is it.
What do you think?
[F] And he said, that's a number one, Tom.
[B] And you know what?
He was right.
[G] So we're going to do it for you.
And it goes.
[Ab] [G] [D] [C]
[G] [D]
[Gm]
[G] [D]
[G] The old hometown looks the same.
[C] As I step down from the [G] train and there to meet me [G] is my mama [D] and papa.
Down [G] the road and there runs Mary, [C] hair of gold and lips like [Am] [G] cherries.
It's good to touch the [D] green, green grass of home.
Yes, and they'll all come to meet me.
[C]
[Am] [G] It's good to touch the green, green grass of home.
[D]
[A] [G] The old house is still [Gm] standing, though the [C] paint [D] is cracked and [G] dry.
And there's that old oak tree that I used to [D] play on.
[Gm] [G] Down the lane, Mary, [C] hair of gold and lips like [Gb] cherries.
[G] It's good to touch the green, [D] green grass [G] of home.
[D] And
[G] I awake and look around me [C] at four gray [G] walls that surround [C] me.
[G] And then I realize, yes,
[D] I was only dreaming.
For you see, [G] there's a guard and there's a sad old cartridge.
[C] Arm in arm with a walk at daybreak.
[Am] [G] And I will touch the [D] green, green grass [G] of home.
Yes, and they'll all come to see me [C] in the shade of that old [G] oak tree.
Yes, and they'll be in the [D] green, green grass of [C] home.
[Am] [G] [Am]
I was, in 1965, I went to New York to do an Ed Sullivan show, and while I was there, I
was [N] walking around and went into a record shop.
And I've always been a big Jerry Lee Lewis fan, you see.
So [D] I went into this record shop and I said, have you got anything by Jerry Lee, anything new?
And he said, yeah, we've got this country album [E] that he's just done.
So I said, I'll take it.
So [F] I bought this country album and I [Eb] took it back to the hotel with me and I was playing
[D] it and I heard this one song on there and I thought, wow, that's a great song.
So I took it back to England and I said to my recording manager, I just heard this great
[D] song and I want to do it.
He said, well, OK, let's do it.
Let's see.
So we recorded the song and then Jerry Lee Lewis came to England.
So I played it to him.
[G] I said, I just recorded one of your songs and this is it.
What do you think?
[F] And he said, that's a number one, Tom.
[B] And you know what?
He was right.
[G] So we're going to do it for you.
And it goes.
[Ab] [G] [D] [C]
[G] [D]
[Gm]
[G] [D]
[G] The old hometown looks the same.
[C] As I step down from the [G] train and there to meet me [G] is my mama [D] and papa.
Down [G] the road and there runs Mary, [C] hair of gold and lips like [Am] [G] cherries.
It's good to touch the [D] green, green grass of home.
Yes, and they'll all come to meet me.
[C]
[Am] [G] It's good to touch the green, green grass of home.
[D]
[A] [G] The old house is still [Gm] standing, though the [C] paint [D] is cracked and [G] dry.
And there's that old oak tree that I used to [D] play on.
[Gm] [G] Down the lane, Mary, [C] hair of gold and lips like [Gb] cherries.
[G] It's good to touch the green, [D] green grass [G] of home.
[D] And
[G] I awake and look around me [C] at four gray [G] walls that surround [C] me.
[G] And then I realize, yes,
[D] I was only dreaming.
For you see, [G] there's a guard and there's a sad old cartridge.
[C] Arm in arm with a walk at daybreak.
[Am] [G] And I will touch the [D] green, green grass [G] of home.
Yes, and they'll all come to see me [C] in the shade of that old [G] oak tree.
Yes, and they'll be in the [D] green, green grass of [C] home.
[Am] [G] [Am]
Key:
G
D
C
Am
Gm
G
D
C
_ _ _ _ Well, _ I recorded this next song in 1966. _ _ _
I was, in 1965, I went to New York to do an Ed Sullivan show, and while I was there, I
was [N] walking around and went into a record shop.
And I've always been a big Jerry Lee Lewis fan, you see.
_ So [D] I went into this record shop and I said, have you got anything by Jerry Lee, anything new?
And he said, yeah, we've got this country album [E] that he's just done.
So I said, I'll take it.
So [F] I bought this country album and I [Eb] took it back to the hotel with me and I was playing
[D] it and I heard this one song on there and I thought, wow, that's a great song.
So I took it back to England and I said to my recording manager, I just heard this great
[D] song and I want to do it.
He said, well, OK, let's do it.
Let's see.
So we recorded the song and then Jerry Lee Lewis came to England.
So I played it to him.
[G] I said, I just recorded one of your songs and this is it.
What do you think?
_ [F] And he said, that's a number one, Tom.
[B] _ _ And you know what?
He was right.
[G] So we're going to do it for you.
And it goes. _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ The old hometown looks the same.
[C] As I step down _ from the [G] train and there to meet me [G] is my mama [D] and papa.
Down _ _ _ [G] the road _ and there runs Mary, [C] _ hair of gold and lips like [Am] [G] cherries.
It's good to touch the [D] green, green grass of home. _ _ _
Yes, and they'll all come to meet me.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] [G] It's good to touch the green, green grass of home.
_ _ [D] _ _
[A] [G] The old house is still [Gm] standing, _ though the [C] paint [D] is cracked and [G] dry.
And there's that old oak tree that I used to [D] play on. _ _ _ _
[Gm] [G] Down the lane, _ _ _ Mary, [C] _ hair of gold and lips like [Gb] cherries.
[G] It's good to touch the green, [D] green grass [G] of home.
[D] And _ _
_ [G] _ I awake and look around me [C] at four gray [G] walls that surround [C] me.
[G] And then I realize, yes, _
_ [D] I was only dreaming.
For you see, [G] there's a guard and there's a sad old cartridge.
[C] Arm in arm with a walk at daybreak.
[Am] [G] And I will touch the [D] green, green grass [G] of home.
_ _ _ Yes, and they'll all _ come to see me _ [C] in the shade of that old [G] oak tree.
Yes, and they'll be in the [D] green, _ green grass of _ [C] home.
[Am] _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I was, in 1965, I went to New York to do an Ed Sullivan show, and while I was there, I
was [N] walking around and went into a record shop.
And I've always been a big Jerry Lee Lewis fan, you see.
_ So [D] I went into this record shop and I said, have you got anything by Jerry Lee, anything new?
And he said, yeah, we've got this country album [E] that he's just done.
So I said, I'll take it.
So [F] I bought this country album and I [Eb] took it back to the hotel with me and I was playing
[D] it and I heard this one song on there and I thought, wow, that's a great song.
So I took it back to England and I said to my recording manager, I just heard this great
[D] song and I want to do it.
He said, well, OK, let's do it.
Let's see.
So we recorded the song and then Jerry Lee Lewis came to England.
So I played it to him.
[G] I said, I just recorded one of your songs and this is it.
What do you think?
_ [F] And he said, that's a number one, Tom.
[B] _ _ And you know what?
He was right.
[G] So we're going to do it for you.
And it goes. _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ The old hometown looks the same.
[C] As I step down _ from the [G] train and there to meet me [G] is my mama [D] and papa.
Down _ _ _ [G] the road _ and there runs Mary, [C] _ hair of gold and lips like [Am] [G] cherries.
It's good to touch the [D] green, green grass of home. _ _ _
Yes, and they'll all come to meet me.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] [G] It's good to touch the green, green grass of home.
_ _ [D] _ _
[A] [G] The old house is still [Gm] standing, _ though the [C] paint [D] is cracked and [G] dry.
And there's that old oak tree that I used to [D] play on. _ _ _ _
[Gm] [G] Down the lane, _ _ _ Mary, [C] _ hair of gold and lips like [Gb] cherries.
[G] It's good to touch the green, [D] green grass [G] of home.
[D] And _ _
_ [G] _ I awake and look around me [C] at four gray [G] walls that surround [C] me.
[G] And then I realize, yes, _
_ [D] I was only dreaming.
For you see, [G] there's a guard and there's a sad old cartridge.
[C] Arm in arm with a walk at daybreak.
[Am] [G] And I will touch the [D] green, green grass [G] of home.
_ _ _ Yes, and they'll all _ come to see me _ [C] in the shade of that old [G] oak tree.
Yes, and they'll be in the [D] green, _ green grass of _ [C] home.
[Am] _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _