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[Intro]
N.C.
Rewinding Tape SFX
[Verse]
GGreen is the color of the Dlight brigade
And it Gtells me all the things I want to Dknow
FRed is the color of the Cplans they made
AIs this the way we want to Cgo?
ATen thousand marching in a Crow
ACan't we just stop
And listen D/Dto      D5/Cthe     mG/BusicDsus4/A  
[Verse]
GBlue is the color of the Dsky above
And it Gcovers us in joy they'll never Dknow
FGray is the color of the Cclouds ahead
AIs this the way we want to Cgo?
AShouldn't we just turn around and Croll?
AOr will we have to stop
AAnd D/Dface   D5/Cthe     G/Bmusic?Dsus4/A  
[Bridge]
G5How about we G5/Fcheck out the Em7showEbmaj7  
G5I'd really G5/Flove it if you Em7could gEbmaj7o
G5Just tell me G5/Fwhat we should seeEm7  
Ebmaj7Just You and G5me
Oh G5/FyeahEm7  Ebmaj7  
A   C   D G
[Guitar solo]
G  D  G  D  F  C
[Verse]
AIs this the way we want to Cgo?
AShouldn't we just turn arouCnd and roll?
AOr will we have to stop?
[Chorus]
D   A   C   G
Green   Green
DGreen is the color
AGreen is the color
CGreen is the color of the dGay
DGreen is the color
AGreen is the color
CGreen is the color of the wGay
[Synth Solo]
DGreen is the color
AGreen is the color
CGreen is the color of the wGay
[Outro]
D   A   C   G

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The Green

by David Berry

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D/D

D5/C

G/B

Dsus4/A

G5/F

Em7

Ebmaj7

[Intro]

N.C.

Rewinding Tape SFX

[Verse]

G D

Green is the color of the light brigade

G D

And it tells me all the things I want to know

F C

Red is the color of the plans they made

A C

Is this the way we want to go?

A C

Ten thousand marching in a row

Can't we just stop

D/D D5/C G/B Dsus4/A

And listen to the music

[Verse]

G D

Blue is the color of the sky above

G D

And it covers us in joy they'll never know

F C

Gray is the color of the clouds ahead

A C

Is this the way we want to go?

A C

Shouldn't we just turn around and roll?

Or will we have to stop

A D/D D5/C G/B Dsus4/A

And face the music?

[Bridge]

G5 G5/F Em7 Ebmaj7

How about we check out the show

G5 G5/F Em7 Ebmaj7

I'd really love it if you could go

G5 G5/F Em7

Just tell me what we should see

Ebmaj7 G5

Just You and me

G5/F Em7 Ebmaj7

Oh yeah

A C D G

[Guitar solo]

G D G D F C

[Verse]

A C

Is this the way we want to go?

A C

Shouldn't we just turn around and roll?

Or will we have to stop?

[Chorus]

D A C G

Green Green

Green is the color

C G

Green is the color of the day

Green is the color

C G

Green is the color of the way

[Synth Solo]

Green is the color

C G

Green is the color of the way

[Outro]

D A C G

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