{"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":1511171,"song":"Green Green Grass Of Home","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1511171-green-green-grass-of-home-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1511171?type=chord","rating":4.84245,"votes":64,"content":"These chords are close to what they were playing \r\nat Folsom Prison, back in '68.\r\nCapo at 1.\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe old home town looks the same [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nas I step down from the train[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]G7[/ch]    \r\nAnd there to meet me is my mama and my papa[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                 \r\nDown the road I look and there runs Mary,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nhair of gold and lips like cherries.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's good to touch the green, green grass of home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe old house is still standing, though the paint is cracked and dry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]G7[/ch]      \r\nAnd there's that old oak tree that I used to play on[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown the lane I walk and with my sweet Mary,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nhair of gold and lips like cherries.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's good to touch the green, green grass of home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYes,they'll all come to see me arms a-reaching, smiling sweetly;[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]     \r\nIt's good to touch the green, green grass of home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen I awake and look around me[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nto the cold gray walls that surround me [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nand then I re-a-lize I was only dreaming.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor there's a guard and a sad old padre[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nArm and arm I walk at daybreak [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nagain I'll touch the green, green grass of home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYes, they'll all come to see me in the shade of the- old oak tree;[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs they lay me 'neath the green, green grass of ho--me.[/tab]","plain_text":"These chords are close to what they were playing \nat Folsom Prison, back in '68.\nCapo at 1.\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","F","G7","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}