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Green Grows The Laurel

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Time signature: 6/8
Song easier to play than it looks. The suspended/diminished chords are not difficult to play and add much!
[Intro]
G Gsus4 G D C G
G Gsus4 G D C C
[Chorus]
GGreen grows the lCaurel, Dsoft fD#dimalls the Emdew
GSorry am CI to be Emparted from Cyou
GSorry am CI that Dyou D#dimproved unEmtrue
And you Gchanged the green Claurel for the Dviolet so Gblue
[Verse 1]
You Dwalked past my window both Emearly and late
The Clooks that you give me they Ammake my heart DbreakDsus  D  
The Glooks that you Cgive me they Dcaused D#dimme to Emrue
That you Gchanged the green Claurel for the Dviolet so Gblue
[Solo]
G Gsus4 G D C G
G Gsus4 G D C C
[Chorus]
GGreen grows the lCaurel, Dsoft fD#dimalls the Emdew
GSorry am CI to be Emparted from Cyou
GSorry am CI that Dyou D#dimproved unEmtrue
And you Gchanged the green Claurel for the Dviolet so Gblue
[Verse 3]
I Dwrote her a letter, a Emfew rosy lines
He Cwrote me letter all Amtwisted and DtwinedDsus  D  
GYou write to Cyour love and DI'll D#dimwrite to Emmine
GYou stick with Cyour love and ID'll stick with Gmine
[Solo]
G Gsus4 G D C G
G Gsus4 G D C C
D Em C Am D Dsus4 D
[Chorus]
GGreen grows the lCaurel, Dsoft fD#dimalls the Emdew
GSorry am CI to be Emparted from Cyou
GSorry am CI that Dyou B7proved Emuntrue
And you Gchanged the green Claurel for the Dviolet so Cblue
[Outro]
GGreen grows the lCaurel, Dsoft fD#dimalls the Emdew
GSorry am CI to be Emparted from Cyou
GSorry am CI that Dyou D#dimproved unEmtrue
And you Gchanged the green Claurel for the Dviolet so Gblue
G Gsus4 G D C G
G Gsus4 G D C C G

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Green Grows The Laurel

by Kris Drever

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Gsus4

D#dim

Dsus

Dsus4

Time signature: 6/8

Song easier to play than it looks. The suspended/diminished chords are not difficult to play and add much!

[Intro]

G Gsus4 G D C G

G Gsus4 G D C C

[Chorus]

G C D D#dim Em

Green grows the laurel, soft falls the dew

G C Em C

Sorry am I to be parted from you

G C D D#dim Em

Sorry am I that you proved untrue

G C D G

And you changed the green laurel for the violet so blue

[Verse 1]

D Em

You walked past my window both early and late

C Am D Dsus D

The looks that you give me they make my heart break

G C D D#dim Em

The looks that you give me they caused me to rue

G C D G

That you changed the green laurel for the violet so blue

[Solo]

G Gsus4 G D C G

G Gsus4 G D C C

[Chorus]

G C D D#dim Em

Green grows the laurel, soft falls the dew

G C Em C

Sorry am I to be parted from you

G C D D#dim Em

Sorry am I that you proved untrue

G C D G

And you changed the green laurel for the violet so blue

[Verse 3]

D Em

I wrote her a letter, a few rosy lines

C Am D Dsus D

He wrote me letter all twisted and twined

G C D D#dim Em

You write to your love and I'll write to mine

G C D G

You stick with your love and I'll stick with mine

[Solo]

G Gsus4 G D C G

G Gsus4 G D C C

D Em C Am D Dsus4 D

[Chorus]

G C D D#dim Em

Green grows the laurel, soft falls the dew

G C Em C

Sorry am I to be parted from you

G C D B7 Em

Sorry am I that you proved untrue

G C D C

And you changed the green laurel for the violet so blue

[Outro]

G C D D#dim Em

Green grows the laurel, soft falls the dew

G C Em C

Sorry am I to be parted from you

G C D D#dim Em

Sorry am I that you proved untrue

G C D G

And you changed the green laurel for the violet so blue

G Gsus4 G D C G

G Gsus4 G D C C G

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