CAPO I 
 
 
INTRO: G  C  G  C  G  D 
 
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The old home town looks the same, as I step down from the train 
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And there to meet me is my mama and papa 
         G                G/B       G7     C               C/B 
Down the road I look and there runs Mary, hair of gold and lips like cherries 
      G/B      G        D                    G 
It's good to touch the green green grass of home 
 
 
     G/B                 G             C                  C/B 
Yes they'll all come to meet me, arms reaching, smiling sweetly 
      G                 D                    G 
It's good to touch the green green grass of home 
 
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The old house is still standing, though the paint is cracked and dry 
                              G/B             D 
And there's that old oak tree that I used to play on 
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Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary, hair of gold and lips like cherries 
     G/B      G         D                     G 
It's good to touch the green green grass of home 
 
 
SPOKEN VERSE: 
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Then I awake and look around me, at four gray walls that surround me 
              G/B                D 
And I realize, yes I was only dreamin' 
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For there's a guard and there's a sad old padre, on and on we'll walk at daybreak 
G/B          G         D                    G 
Again I'll touch the green green grass of home 
 
            G/B          G       C                       C/B 
Yes they'll all come to see me, in the shade of that old oak tree 
        G/B      G         D            D       C    D C   G 
As they lay me 'neath the green green grass of home