Intro: B7 B B7 B E9 Verse: B7 B Well I rode the green across this country. B7 B Horses lived and died to take me E9 Men I killed to help me get there, further west I died to take me. B7 B Blackened face and dirty laundry. B7 B Many days since I have eaten. E9 Found myself a family. Broke my back so I could feed them. Chorus: B7 B B7 B High in the wind. E9 Standing in the sun. B7 B B7 B Weʼre gonnaʼ raise up the heavens. E9 With a shovel and a gun. G#m I was so much younger then. B I would never ever listen. G#m I am so much older now. B I thought that things would end up different. G#m F# Farewell, lover in green. Verse: B7 B Elizabeth she is my lady. B7 B Says the prayers and does the learninʼ. E9 Waking up all the children. Making love in early morning. B7 B We took to building up the cities. B7 B We built the churches in our cities. E9 Happy in the green country. And in the green they buried me. Chorus. Bridge: G#m B G#m B Oh. She sang hymns that made me cry. G#m B Oh. She danced so tender. G#m B F# As I held you in the green. B7 B B7 B Well Iʼm dead now. E9 My wife Elizabeth is at my side. B7 B B7 B Iʼve got children all around me. E9 Iʼve got grandchildren. B7 B B7 B Iʼve got great grandchildren. E9 Iʼve got great great grandchildren. B7 B B7 B Too many for me to remember. E9 Maybe one of them is you? Chorus.
