Intro: C#7 C# C#7 C# F#9 Verse: C#7 C# Well I rode the green across this country. C#7 C# Horses lived and died to take me F#9 Men I killed to help me get there, further west I died to take me. C#7 C# Blackened face and dirty laundry. C#7 C# Many days since I have eaten. F#9 Found myself a family. Broke my back so I could feed them. Chorus: C#7 C# C#7 C# High in the wind. F#9 Standing in the sun. C#7 C# C#7 C# Weʼre gonnaʼ raise up the heavens. F#9 With a shovel and a gun. A#m I was so much younger then. C# I would never ever listen. A#m I am so much older now. C# I thought that things would end up different. A#m G# Farewell, lover in green. Verse: C#7 C# Elizabeth she is my lady. C#7 C# Says the prayers and does the learninʼ. F#9 Waking up all the children. Making love in early morning. C#7 C# We took to building up the cities. C#7 C# We built the churches in our cities. F#9 Happy in the green country. And in the green they buried me. Chorus. Bridge: A#m C# A#m C# Oh. She sang hymns that made me cry. A#m C# Oh. She danced so tender. A#m C# G# As I held you in the green. C#7 C# C#7 C# Well Iʼm dead now. F#9 My wife Elizabeth is at my side. C#7 C# C#7 C# Iʼve got children all around me. F#9 Iʼve got grandchildren. C#7 C# C#7 C# Iʼve got great grandchildren. F#9 Iʼve got great great grandchildren. C#7 C# C#7 C# Too many for me to remember. F#9 Maybe one of them is you? Chorus.
