{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1493169,"song":"The Grass Is Blue","artist":"Dolly Parton","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1493169-the-grass-is-blue-chords-by-dolly-parton/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1493169?type=chord","rating":4.9749,"votes":126,"content":"(note: so I wanted to play this one the other day and I noticed there are only cover versions. \r\nSo here it is the original version by Dolly)\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've had to think up a way to survive [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSince you said it's over [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTold me goodbye [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI just can't make it one day without you [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         \r\nUnless I pretend that the opposite's true [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRivers flow backwards [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nValleys are high [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             \r\nMountains are level [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTruth is a lie [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm perfectly fine [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I don't miss you [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe sky is green [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the grass is blue [/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHow much can a heart and a troubled mind take [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere is that fine line before it all breaks [/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCan one end their sorrow just cross over it [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd into that realm of insanity's bliss [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's snow in the tropics [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        \r\nThere's ice on the sun [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]          \r\nIt's hot in the Arctic [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd crying is fun [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm happy now [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm glad we're through [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the sky is green [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the grass is blue [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the rivers flow backwards [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd my tears are dry [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nSwans hate the water [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd eagles can't fly [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nBut I'm alright now [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow that I'm over you [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the sky is green [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the grass is blue [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I don't love you [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the grass is blue [/tab]","plain_text":"(note: so I wanted to play this one the other day and I noticed there are only cover versions. \nSo here it is the original version by Dolly)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm  Em  F  C  Am  G  F  G","chords":["C","F","G","Am","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}