Intro: D7 D D7 D G9 Verse: D7 D Well I rode the green across this country. D7 D Horses lived and died to take me G9 Men I killed to help me get there, further west I died to take me. D7 D Blackened face and dirty laundry. D7 D Many days since I have eaten. G9 Found myself a family. Broke my back so I could feed them. Chorus: D7 D D7 D High in the wind. G9 Standing in the sun. D7 D D7 D Weʼre gonnaʼ raise up the heavens. G9 With a shovel and a gun. Bm I was so much younger then. D I would never ever listen. Bm I am so much older now. D I thought that things would end up different. Bm A Farewell, lover in green. Verse: D7 D Elizabeth she is my lady. D7 D Says the prayers and does the learninʼ. G9 Waking up all the children. Making love in early morning. D7 D We took to building up the cities. D7 D We built the churches in our cities. G9 Happy in the green country. And in the green they buried me. Chorus. Bridge: Bm D Bm D Oh. She sang hymns that made me cry. Bm D Oh. She danced so tender. Bm D A As I held you in the green. D7 D D7 D Well Iʼm dead now. G9 My wife Elizabeth is at my side. D7 D D7 D Iʼve got children all around me. G9 Iʼve got grandchildren. D7 D D7 D Iʼve got great grandchildren. G9 Iʼve got great great grandchildren. D7 D D7 D Too many for me to remember. G9 Maybe one of them is you? Chorus.
