John Deere Green Chords by Joe Diffie

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[Cm] [A#] [G] .
[Gm] [G] .
[C] [Gm] [G] [C] .
[Gm] [G] They were farm kids way down in [C] Dixie,.
met in high [G] school in the sixties.
Everyone knew it was love [D] from the start.
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[G] One July in the midnight [C] hour,.
he climbed up on [G] the water tower,.
stood on the rail [D] and painted a ten [C]-foot heart.
[D] .
[Em] [D] And John [C] Deere Green,.
[G] [D] on a hot [C] summer night,.
he [Em] wrote Billy [D] Bob loves [C].
Charlie,.
[G] and [D] let her three [C] foot high.
[G] [Em] And the whole town said [D] that he should have used red,.
[G] but he'd love to love [C] Charlie.
[D] [Em] .
[D] And John [G] Deere Green, .
[Gm] [G] .
[Gm] [G] they settled down on 80 [C] acres,.
raising sweet [G].
corn, kids and tomatoes.
They went together like a hand [D] and a glove.
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[G] On a clear day from their front [C] yard,.
if you look [G].
and know what the love's for,.
off to the east [D] you can still read his words [C] of love.
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[D] [Em] And [D] John [C] Deere Green,.
[G] [D] on a hot [C] summer night,.
he [Em] wrote Billy [D] Bob loves [C].
Charlie,.
[G] and [D] let her three [C] foot high.
[D] [Em] And the whole town said the [D] boy should have used red,.
[G] but he'd love to [C] love Charlie.
[D] [Em] And [D] John [G] Deere Green.
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[C] [Gm] .
[G] Now .
[C] .
[G] [D] more than [G] once the town has discovered [C] painting over it ain't [G] no use.
[D] There ain't no [G] paint in the world that'll cover [C] it,.
the heart keeps [D] showing through.
[E] [F#m] And John [E] [D] Deere Green,.
[A] .
[E] on a hot [D] summer night,.
he [F#] wrote Billy [E] Bob loves [D] Charlie,.
[A].
and [E] let her three [D] foot high.
[E] [F#m] And the whole town said the [E] fool should have used red,.
[A] but he'd love to love [D] Charlie.
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[E] [F#m] And [E] John [A] Deere Green.
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[D] [A] .
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[Em] [Am].
And [D] .
[A] .
[E] [D] .
[E] [F#m] .
[E] John [D] Deere Green,.
[A] .
[E] on a hot [D] summer night,.
[F#] he wrote Billy [E] Bob [D] loves Charlie,.
[A] .
[E] and let her [D] three foot high.
[E] [F#m] And the whole town said [E] the boy should have used [A] red,.
but he'd love to [D] love Charlie.
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[E] [F#m] And [E] John [A].
Deere Green.
[Am] .
[A] John [D] [C] .
[A] [Am] .
[A] [Am] [A].
Deere Green.
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