Johnny Cash 
 
Key = G > Ab (Instruments on recording tuned to 430) 
 
Intro: C - G - (Am7 - D7) - G - G 
 
G                               C I Close My Eyes And Picture The Emerald Of The Sea 
                         G             A7              D7 
From The Fishing Boats At Dingle To The Shores Of Dun-a-dee 
 G                              C 
I Miss The River Shannon And The Folks At Skip-a-ree 
                     G                 (Am7 - D7)       G The Moorlands And The Meadows With Their Forty Shades Of Green 
 
   C             D7             G But Most Of All I Miss A Girl In Tipperary Town 
   C             D7               G             D7 
And Most Of All I Miss Her Lips As Soft As Eider Down 
 G                             C 
A-gain I Want To See And Do The Things We've Done And Seen 
                            G                   (Am7 - D7)       G 
Where The Breeze Is Sweet As Shalimar And There's Forty Shades Of Green 
 
Inst: C - G - (Am7 - D7) - Ab - Ab 
 
Ab                                   Db 
I Wish That I Could Spend An Hour At Dublin's Churning Surf 
                     Ab                Bb7                Eb7 
I'd Love To Watch The Farmers Drain The Bogs And Spade The Turf 
  Ab                             Db 
To See Again The Thatching Of The Straw The Women Glean 
                     Ab              (Bbm7 - Eb7)      Ab 
I'd Walk From Cork To Lairn To See The Forty  Shades Of Green 
 
   Db            Eb7            Ab 
But Most Of All I Miss A Girl In Tipperary Town 
   Db            Eb7              Ab            Eb7 
And Most Of All I Miss Her Lips As Soft As Eider Down 
 Ab                            Db 
A-gain I Want To See And Do The Things We've Done And Seen 
                            Ab                  (Bbm7 - Eb7)      Ab 
Where The Breeze Is Sweet As Shalimar And There's Forty  Shades Of Green 
                                                 Slower>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
 
**Slim Whitman also recorded a version of this song (Key = D > Eb)