Green, Green
Barry McGuire, Randy Sparks, 1963· Songs Well-Known in America · p.125
Chorus:
G C G D (riff)
Green, Green; It's green they say, on the far side of the hill,
G C G D G
Green, Green, I'm going away, to where the grass is greener still.
Verses:
G D C G
Well, I told my mama on the day I was born,
No, there ain't no-body in this whole wide world,
Well, I don't care where the sun goes down,
C D G
Don't you cry when you see I'm gone,
Gonna tell me how to spend my time,
Where I lay my weary head,
D C G
You know there ain't no woman gonna settle me down,
Well I'm just a good - lovin' rambling man,
Green, green valley or rocky road,
C D G D
I just gotta keep traveling on.
Say Buddy could you spare me a dime? (Hear me crying, it's a...)
It's there I'm going to make my bed. (And it's a...)
Repeat last chorus twice