Green Grass Chords by Tom Waits
Tempo:
95.2 bpm
Chords used:
G
Cm
Ab
F
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Cm] [Fm]
[Dbm] [D] [E] [Bb] [F] [C]
[A] [F] [Eb] [B]
[D] [C] [G] [Abm]
[Cm]
[G] [Cm] [Ab] Lay your head where my heart used to [Am] be.
[G] Hold the [Cm] earth above me.
[Ab] Lay down on the green [Am] grass.
[G] Remember [Cm] when you loved me.
[G] Come closer, [Fm] don't be shy.
[G] [Cm] Stand beneath the rainy [Ab] sky.
The moon is [D] over [G] the rise.
Think of [Cm] me as the train goes by.
Clear [Eb] the [F] thistles and [C] brambles.
[G] Whistle, [Cm] didn't he ramble?
[Ab] Now there's a bubble of [G] me.
[Cm] And it's flowing in thee.
[F]
[C] [Bb] Stand in the shade of me.
[Eb]
[Ebm] Things are now made of me.
[Bb] [Ab]
The weathervane will say,
[G] It smells like rain today.
God took the stars and it [C]
cost them.
[G] Can't tell the birds [Cm] from the blossoms.
[Ab] He'll never be free of me.
[G] He'll [Ab] make a tree [Cm] from me.
Don't say [F] goodbye [Cm] to [G] me.
[Cm] Describe the sky to [Ab] me.
And if the sky [G] falls,
Mark my words, [Cm] we'll catch mockingbirds.
[Fm]
[A] [G] [Cm] Lay
[Ab]
[G] [Cm]
[G] your head where [Fm] my heart used to [E] be.
[G] Hold the earth [Cm] above me.
[Ab] Lay down on the green grass.
[G] Remember when you [Cm] loved me.
[Dbm] [D] [E] [Bb] [F] [C]
[A] [F] [Eb] [B]
[D] [C] [G] [Abm]
[Cm]
[G] [Cm] [Ab] Lay your head where my heart used to [Am] be.
[G] Hold the [Cm] earth above me.
[Ab] Lay down on the green [Am] grass.
[G] Remember [Cm] when you loved me.
[G] Come closer, [Fm] don't be shy.
[G] [Cm] Stand beneath the rainy [Ab] sky.
The moon is [D] over [G] the rise.
Think of [Cm] me as the train goes by.
Clear [Eb] the [F] thistles and [C] brambles.
[G] Whistle, [Cm] didn't he ramble?
[Ab] Now there's a bubble of [G] me.
[Cm] And it's flowing in thee.
[F]
[C] [Bb] Stand in the shade of me.
[Eb]
[Ebm] Things are now made of me.
[Bb] [Ab]
The weathervane will say,
[G] It smells like rain today.
God took the stars and it [C]
cost them.
[G] Can't tell the birds [Cm] from the blossoms.
[Ab] He'll never be free of me.
[G] He'll [Ab] make a tree [Cm] from me.
Don't say [F] goodbye [Cm] to [G] me.
[Cm] Describe the sky to [Ab] me.
And if the sky [G] falls,
Mark my words, [Cm] we'll catch mockingbirds.
[Fm]
[A] [G] [Cm] Lay
[Ab]
[G] [Cm]
[G] your head where [Fm] my heart used to [E] be.
[G] Hold the earth [Cm] above me.
[Ab] Lay down on the green grass.
[G] Remember when you [Cm] loved me.
Key:
G
Cm
Ab
F
C
G
Cm
Ab
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Dbm] _ [D] _ [E] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _
_ _ [A] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [B] _
_ [D] _ [C] _ [G] _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] Lay your head where my heart used to [Am] be.
[G] _ _ Hold the [Cm] earth above me.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ Lay down on the green [Am] grass.
[G] _ _ Remember [Cm] when you loved me.
_ _ _ [G] Come closer, [Fm] don't be shy.
[G] _ _ _ [Cm] Stand beneath the rainy [Ab] sky.
_ The moon is [D] over [G] the rise.
Think of [Cm] me as the train goes by.
_ Clear [Eb] the [F] thistles and [C] brambles.
[G] _ _ Whistle, [Cm] didn't he _ ramble?
[Ab] _ _ Now there's a bubble of [G] me.
_ _ [Cm] And it's flowing in thee.
_ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ [Bb] Stand in the shade of me.
[Eb] _
[Ebm] Things are now made of me.
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
The weathervane will say,
[G] It smells like rain today.
_ God took the stars and it [C]
cost them.
_ [G] Can't tell the birds [Cm] from the blossoms.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ He'll never be free of me.
[G] _ _ He'll [Ab] make a tree [Cm] from me.
_ Don't say [F] goodbye [Cm] to [G] me.
_ _ [Cm] Describe the sky to [Ab] me.
_ And if the sky _ [G] falls,
Mark my words, [Cm] we'll catch _ mockingbirds.
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ [Cm] Lay _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] your head where [Fm] my heart used to [E] be.
[G] _ Hold the earth [Cm] above me.
_ _ [Ab] _ Lay down on the green grass.
[G] _ Remember when you [Cm] loved me.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dbm] _ [D] _ [E] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _
_ _ [A] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [B] _
_ [D] _ [C] _ [G] _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] Lay your head where my heart used to [Am] be.
[G] _ _ Hold the [Cm] earth above me.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ Lay down on the green [Am] grass.
[G] _ _ Remember [Cm] when you loved me.
_ _ _ [G] Come closer, [Fm] don't be shy.
[G] _ _ _ [Cm] Stand beneath the rainy [Ab] sky.
_ The moon is [D] over [G] the rise.
Think of [Cm] me as the train goes by.
_ Clear [Eb] the [F] thistles and [C] brambles.
[G] _ _ Whistle, [Cm] didn't he _ ramble?
[Ab] _ _ Now there's a bubble of [G] me.
_ _ [Cm] And it's flowing in thee.
_ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ [Bb] Stand in the shade of me.
[Eb] _
[Ebm] Things are now made of me.
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
The weathervane will say,
[G] It smells like rain today.
_ God took the stars and it [C]
cost them.
_ [G] Can't tell the birds [Cm] from the blossoms.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ He'll never be free of me.
[G] _ _ He'll [Ab] make a tree [Cm] from me.
_ Don't say [F] goodbye [Cm] to [G] me.
_ _ [Cm] Describe the sky to [Ab] me.
_ And if the sky _ [G] falls,
Mark my words, [Cm] we'll catch _ mockingbirds.
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ [Cm] Lay _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] your head where [Fm] my heart used to [E] be.
[G] _ Hold the earth [Cm] above me.
_ _ [Ab] _ Lay down on the green grass.
[G] _ Remember when you [Cm] loved me.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _