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Green Grass by Tom Waits - Guitar Chords

Artist Tom Waits How to play the guitar chord Cm.jpg How to play the guitar chord Fm.jpg How to play the guitar chord G.jpg How to play the guitar chord Ab.jpg How to play the guitar chord Bb.jpg How to play the guitar chord Eb.jpg

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Version 1
            The chords are generally played with a bass line playing the tonic note and
the note a fourth down on 1 and 3.  The Fm chord is started by sliding up to
the 8th fret on the A string.  Enjoy.


[Intro]
Cm Cm


[Verse 1]
                              Fm
Lay your head where my heart used to be
G                    Cm
Hold the earth above me
Ab
Lay down in the green grass
G                 Cm
Remember when you loved me

             Fm
Come closer don't be shy
G                     Cm
Stand beneath a rainy sky
Ab
The moon is over the rise
G                Cm
Think of me as a train goes by

             Fm
Clear the thistles and brambles
G                Cm
Whistle 'Didn't He Ramble'
Ab
Now there's a bubble of me
G             Cm
And it's flowing in thee


[Middle Section]
Fm           Bb
Stand in the shade of me
Eb
Things are now made of me
Ab
The weather vane will say...
G
It smells like rain today


[Verse 2]
                          Fm
God took the stars and he tossed 'em
G                             Cm
Can't tell the birds from the blossoms
Ab
You'll never be free of me
G            Cm
He'll make a tree from me

              Fm
Don't say goodbye to me
G            Cm
Describe the sky to me
Ab                    G
And if the sky falls, mark my words
Cm
We'll catch mocking birds


[Interlude] (With Whistling)
Fm
G    Cm
Ab   Ab
G    Cm


[Verse/Outro]
                      Fm
Lay your head where my heart used to be
G               Cm
Hold the earth above me
Ab
Lay down in the green grass
G                 Cm         Cm
Remember when you loved me 
        

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