Green Green Grass Of Home

G G7 C G The old home town looks the same as I step down from the train G7 D D7 and there to meet me is Mama and my Papa G G7 C (notes C,B,A Down the road I look and there runs Mary hair of gold and lips like cherries G D D7 G It's good to touch the green green grass of home C G G7 C (notes C,B,A G Yes, they'll all come to meet me arms reaching smiling sweetly D D7 G D It's good to touch the green green grass of home G G7 C G The old house is still standing, tho' the paint is cracked and dry G7 D D7 and there's that old oak tree that I used to play on G G7 C (notes C,B,A Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary hair of gold and lips like cherries G D D7 G It's good to touch the green green grass of home (spoken Line) A D A Then I awake and look around me, at these four grey walls that surround me A7 A E E7 Then I realize that I was only dreaming A A7 G There's a guard and a sad old padre D (notes C#,B A Arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak A E E7 A Again I touch the green green grass of home A A7 D (notes D C# B Yes they'll all come to see me in the shade of that old oak tree A E A D D7 A as they lay me neath the green green grass of home