Chords for Tom Waits - Green Grass (lyric video + pictures)

Tempo:
95.15 bpm
Chords used:

G

Cm

Ab

C

Ebm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Tom Waits - Green Grass (lyric video + pictures) chords
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[Fm]
[A] [Bb] [G]
[A] [Ebm]
[Abm]
[E] [Cm] [G]
[G] Lay your head where my heart [C] used to be.
[G] Hold the [Cm] earth above me.
[Ab] Lay down on the green grass.
[G] Remember [Cm] when you loved me.
[G] Come closer don't [C] be [G] shy.
[Cm] Stand beneath the rainy [Ab] sky.
The moon is over [G] the rise.
Think of [Cm] me as the train goes by.
Clear the thistles and [C] brambles.
[G] Whistle [Cm] didn't he ramble.
[Ab] Now there's a bubble of [G] me.
And [Ebm] it's [G]
flowing in [Cm] me.
[F]
[Bb] Stand in the shade of me.
[Eb]
[Bbm] Things are now [Ebm] made of me.
[Eb] [Ab]
The weather vane will say.
[G] It smells like rain today.
God took the [F] stars and it cost [C] them.
[G] Can't tell the birds [Cm] from the blossoms.
[Ab] You'll never be free of me.
[G] You'll [Cm] make a tree from me.
Don't say [C] goodbye 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]
[G] [Cm]
[Ab]
[G] [Cm]
[G] Lay your head where [Eb] my heart [E] used to be.
[G] Hold the earth [Cm] above me.
[Ab] Lay down on the [D] green grass.
[G] Remember [Cm] when you loved me.
Key:  
G
2131
Cm
13421113
Ab
134211114
C
3211
Ebm
13421116
G
2131
Cm
13421113
Ab
134211114
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Let's start jamming Tom Waits - Green Grass chords, familiarize yourself with these chords - Cm, Ab, G, Cm, Fm, G, Cm and G in sequence. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 47 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 95. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: C Minor.

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_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Lay your head where my heart [C] used to be.
[G] _ _ Hold the [Cm] earth above me.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ Lay down on the green grass.
[G] _ _ Remember [Cm] when you loved me.
_ _ _ _ [G] Come closer don't [C] be [G] shy.
_ _ [Cm] Stand beneath the rainy [Ab] sky.
_ The moon is over [G] the rise.
Think of [Cm] me as the train goes by.
Clear the thistles and [C] brambles.
[G] _ _ Whistle [Cm] didn't he _ ramble.
[Ab] _ _ Now there's a bubble of [G] me.
_ And [Ebm] it's [G]
flowing in [Cm] me.
_ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] Stand in the shade of me.
[Eb] _
[Bbm] Things are now [Ebm] made of me.
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
The weather vane will say.
[G] It smells like rain today.
_ God took the [F] stars and it cost [C] them.
_ [G] Can't tell the birds [Cm] from the blossoms.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ You'll never be free of me.
[G] _ _ You'll [Cm] make a tree from me.
_ Don't say [C] goodbye 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] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] Lay your head where [Eb] my heart [E] used to be.
[G] _ Hold the earth [Cm] above me.
_ _ [Ab] _ Lay down on the [D] green grass.
[G] _ Remember [Cm] when you loved me.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song, written by Kathleen Brennan and Tom Waits, is featured on the album Real Gone.

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