Green Grass Chords

by Tom Waits
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author bigmadhabib [a] 61.
2 contributors total, last edit on Feb 4, 2020

Chords

Cm
Fm
G
Ab
Bb
Eb

Strumming

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The chords are generally played with a bass line playing the tonic note and
the note a fourth down on 1 and 3.  The Fm chord is started by sliding up to
the 8th fret on the A string.  Enjoy.
 
 
[Intro]
Cm Cm
 
 
[Verse 1]
                              Fm
Lay your head where my heart used to be
G                    Cm
Hold the earth above me
Ab
Lay down in the green grass
G                 Cm
Remember when you loved me
 
             Fm
Come closer don't be shy
G                     Cm
Stand beneath a rainy sky
Ab
The moon is over the rise
G                Cm
Think of me as a train goes by
 
             Fm
Clear the thistles and brambles
G                Cm
Whistle 'Didn't He Ramble'
Ab
Now there's a bubble of me
G             Cm
And it's flowing in thee
 
 
[Middle Section]
Fm           Bb
Stand in the shade of me
Eb
Things are now made of me
Ab
The weather vane will say...
G
It smells like rain today
 
 
[Verse 2]
                          Fm
God took the stars and he tossed 'em
G                             Cm
Can't tell the birds from the blossoms
Ab
You'll never be free of me
G            Cm
He'll make a tree from me
 
              Fm
Don't say goodbye to me
G            Cm
Describe the sky to me
Ab                    G
And if the sky falls, mark my words
Cm
We'll catch mocking birds
 
 
[Interlude] (With Whistling)
Fm
G    Cm
Ab   Ab
G    Cm
 
 
[Verse/Outro]
                      Fm
Lay your head where my heart used to be
G               Cm
Hold the earth above me
Ab
Lay down in the green grass
G                 Cm         Cm
Remember when you loved me
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Green Grass – Tom Waits
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4 comments
9_lb_b_Twin
Really good, they all sound like the correct chords, at least when I thump through on bass. But I feel like the exact placement of the chords in the song is a little off... just slightly. When jumping into this one first time or relying on these tabs alone one may hit a chord early or late I feel.
+4
jhull16969
The tab's correct, except that all instances of G and Ab should be 7th chords.
+3
Bloodbarn
Anyone figured the intro correctly, I have an approximation but I'd be curious to see anyone else version, Marc Ribot's the man.
+1