Chords for Tom Jones - Green Green Grass Of Home (This Is Tom Jones, 1970)
Tempo:
96.05 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Am
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] The old hometown looks the same [C] as I step down [G] from the train.
And there to meet me is my mama, mama, [D] and papa.
[G] Down the road I look and there runs [C] Mary.
Hair of gold and lips like [Am]
[G] cherries is good to touch.
[D] The green, green grass [G] of home.
[D] Yes, [G] they all come [F] to [G] meet me.
[C] Arms reaching, smiling sweetly.
[Am]
[G] It's good to touch [D] the green, green [G] grass of home.
[D] [F#]
[G] The old house is still standing, [C] though the paint is [G] cracked and dry.
And there's that old oak tree [C] [G] that I [D] used to play on.
[F#]
[G] Down the lane I walk with my sweet baby.
[C] Hair of gold on her lips like [Am]
[G] cherries is good to touch.
[D] The green, green [G] grass of home.
[F#]
[G] Then I awake and look around me [C] at four gray [G] walls that surround me.
And I [C] realize, [G] yes, [D] I was only dreaming.
For you see, [F#]
[G] there's a God and there's a sad old [C] heartbreak.
Arm in arm we'll walk at [Am] daybreak.
[G] Then I'll [D] touch the green, green grass [G] of home.
[D] Yes, [G] they'll all come to see me.
[C] In the shade of that old oak [Am] tree.
[G] As they lay me [D] beneath the green, [E] green grass [D] of home.
[C] [Bm] [Am]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] The old hometown looks the same [C] as I step down [G] from the train.
And there to meet me is my mama, mama, [D] and papa.
[G] Down the road I look and there runs [C] Mary.
Hair of gold and lips like [Am]
[G] cherries is good to touch.
[D] The green, green grass [G] of home.
[D] Yes, [G] they all come [F] to [G] meet me.
[C] Arms reaching, smiling sweetly.
[Am]
[G] It's good to touch [D] the green, green [G] grass of home.
[D] [F#]
[G] The old house is still standing, [C] though the paint is [G] cracked and dry.
And there's that old oak tree [C] [G] that I [D] used to play on.
[F#]
[G] Down the lane I walk with my sweet baby.
[C] Hair of gold on her lips like [Am]
[G] cherries is good to touch.
[D] The green, green [G] grass of home.
[F#]
[G] Then I awake and look around me [C] at four gray [G] walls that surround me.
And I [C] realize, [G] yes, [D] I was only dreaming.
For you see, [F#]
[G] there's a God and there's a sad old [C] heartbreak.
Arm in arm we'll walk at [Am] daybreak.
[G] Then I'll [D] touch the green, green grass [G] of home.
[D] Yes, [G] they'll all come to see me.
[C] In the shade of that old oak [Am] tree.
[G] As they lay me [D] beneath the green, [E] green grass [D] of home.
[C] [Bm] [Am]
Key:
G
D
C
Am
F#
G
D
C
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] The old hometown _ looks the same [C] as I step down [G] from the train.
And there to meet me is my mama, mama, [D] and papa. _ _ _ _
[G] Down the road I look and there runs [C] Mary.
Hair of gold and lips like [Am]
[G] cherries is good to touch.
[D] The green, green grass [G] of home.
_ _ [D] Yes, [G] they all come [F] to [G] meet me.
[C] Arms reaching, smiling sweetly.
[Am]
[G] It's good to touch [D] the green, green [G] grass of home.
_ [D] _ _ _ [F#]
[G] The old house is still standing, _ [C] though the paint is [G] cracked and dry. _
And there's that old oak tree [C] _ [G] that I [D] used to play on.
_ _ _ [F#]
[G] Down the lane I walk with my sweet baby.
[C] _ Hair of gold on her lips like [Am]
[G] cherries is good to touch.
[D] The green, green [G] grass of home.
_ _ _ _ [F#] _
[G] _ Then I awake and look around me [C] _ at four gray [G] walls that surround me.
_ And I [C] realize, [G] _ yes, [D] _ I was only dreaming.
For you see, [F#]
[G] there's a God _ and there's a sad old [C] heartbreak.
Arm in arm we'll walk at [Am] daybreak.
[G] Then I'll [D] touch the green, green grass [G] of home.
_ _ _ [D] Yes, [G] they'll all come to see me.
[C] In the shade of that old oak [Am] tree.
[G] As they lay me _ [D] beneath the green, [E] green _ grass [D] of home.
_ [C] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] The old hometown _ looks the same [C] as I step down [G] from the train.
And there to meet me is my mama, mama, [D] and papa. _ _ _ _
[G] Down the road I look and there runs [C] Mary.
Hair of gold and lips like [Am]
[G] cherries is good to touch.
[D] The green, green grass [G] of home.
_ _ [D] Yes, [G] they all come [F] to [G] meet me.
[C] Arms reaching, smiling sweetly.
[Am]
[G] It's good to touch [D] the green, green [G] grass of home.
_ [D] _ _ _ [F#]
[G] The old house is still standing, _ [C] though the paint is [G] cracked and dry. _
And there's that old oak tree [C] _ [G] that I [D] used to play on.
_ _ _ [F#]
[G] Down the lane I walk with my sweet baby.
[C] _ Hair of gold on her lips like [Am]
[G] cherries is good to touch.
[D] The green, green [G] grass of home.
_ _ _ _ [F#] _
[G] _ Then I awake and look around me [C] _ at four gray [G] walls that surround me.
_ And I [C] realize, [G] _ yes, [D] _ I was only dreaming.
For you see, [F#]
[G] there's a God _ and there's a sad old [C] heartbreak.
Arm in arm we'll walk at [Am] daybreak.
[G] Then I'll [D] touch the green, green grass [G] of home.
_ _ _ [D] Yes, [G] they'll all come to see me.
[C] In the shade of that old oak [Am] tree.
[G] As they lay me _ [D] beneath the green, [E] green _ grass [D] of home.
_ [C] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _