Barry McGuire - Green Green

      Green, Green:Barry McGuire.
on RCA Records in 1963.

INTRO: C

CHORUS: 
C                  F
Green, green, it's green they say,
       C               G
on the far side of the hill.
C                 F
Green, green, I'm goin' away,
             C        G       C
to where the grass is greener still.

#1.
C               Em          F         C
Well, I told my mama on the day I was born,
          F            G       C
Don't you cry when you see I'm gone.
                        Em          F         C
You know there ain't no woman gonna settle me down,
       F        G         C
I just gotta be travelin' on..singin'..

CHORUS: 
C                  F
Green, green, it's green they say,
       C               G
on the far side of the hill.
C                 F
Green, green, I'm goin' away,
             C        G       C
to where the grass is greener still.

#2.
C                 Em           F          C
No, there ain't nobody in this whole wide world,
      F              G        C
gonna tell me how to spend my time.
           Em          F        C
I'm just a good lovin' ramblin' man..
     F              G          C
Say, buddy, can you spare me a dime?..hear me cryin'

it's a..

CHORUS: 
C                  F
Green, green, it's green they say,
       C               G
on the far side of the hill.
C                 F
Green, green, I'm goin' away,
             C        G       C
to where the grass is greener still.


#3.
C             Em            F        C
Here, I don't care when the sun goes down,
        F      G     C
where I lay my weary head.
             Em        F     C
Green, green valley or rocky road,
     F               G       C
It's there I'm gonna make my bed...easy, now..

CHORUS: 
C                  F
Green, green, it's green they say,
       C               G
on the far side of the hill.
C                 F
Green, green, I'm goin' away,
             C        G       C
to where the grass is greener still.

CHORUS: 
C                  F
Green, green, it's green they say,
       C               G
on the far side of the hill.
C                 F
Green, green, I'm goin' away,
             C        G       C
to where the grass is greener still.

OUTRO:
F            C        G       C
To where the grass is greener still.
F            C        G       C
To where the grass is greener still.
F            C        G       C
To where the grass is greener still..(Fade.)



A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.