Intro: C7 C C7 C F9 Verse: C7 C Well I rode the green across this country. C7 C Horses lived and died to take me F9 Men I killed to help me get there, further west I died to take me. C7 C Blackened face and dirty laundry. C7 C Many days since I have eaten. F9 Found myself a family. Broke my back so I could feed them. Chorus: C7 C C7 C High in the wind. F9 Standing in the sun. C7 C C7 C Weʼre gonnaʼ raise up the heavens. F9 With a shovel and a gun. Am I was so much younger then. C I would never ever listen. Am I am so much older now. C I thought that things would end up different. Am G Farewell, lover in green. Verse: C7 C Elizabeth she is my lady. C7 C Says the prayers and does the learninʼ. F9 Waking up all the children. Making love in early morning. C7 C We took to building up the cities. C7 C We built the churches in our cities. F9 Happy in the green country. And in the green they buried me. Chorus. Bridge: Am C Am C Oh. She sang hymns that made me cry. Am C Oh. She danced so tender. Am C G As I held you in the green. C7 C C7 C Well Iʼm dead now. F9 My wife Elizabeth is at my side. C7 C C7 C Iʼve got children all around me. F9 Iʼve got grandchildren. C7 C C7 C Iʼve got great grandchildren. F9 Iʼve got great great grandchildren. C7 C C7 C Too many for me to remember. F9 Maybe one of them is you? Chorus.
