C The old home town looks the same F C As I step down from the train G7 And there to meet me is my mama and papa C Down the road I look and there runs Mary F Hair of gold and lips like cherries C G7 C Itʼs good to touch the green green grass of home Yes theyʼll all come to meet me F Arms reaching smiling sweetly C Itʼs good to touch the G7 C Green green grass of home The old house is still standing F C Though the paint is cracked and dry G7 And thereʼs that old oak tree that I used to play on C Down the lane I walk and with my sweet Mary F Hair of gold and lips like cherries C G7 C Itʼs good to touch the green green grass of home Then I awake and look around me F C At the four gray walls that surround me G7 And I realize that I was only dreaming C For thereʼs a guard and thereʼs a sad old padre F Arm and arm weʼll walk at daybreak C G7 C Again Iʼll touch the green grass of home Yes theyʼll all come to see me F In the shade of that old oak tree C As they lay me beneath G7 C The green green grass of home
