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