Green Grass Tom Waits
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:
[F#m] [F#m]
Verse:
Lay your head where my heart u[Bm]sed to be
[Db]Hold the earth above [F#m]me
[D]Lay down in the green grass
[Db]Remember when you [F#m]loved me
Come closer d[Bm]on't be shy
[Db]Stand beneath a rainy [F#m]sky
[D]The moon is over the rise
[Db]Think of me as a [F#m]train goes by
Clear the thi[Bm]stles and brambles
[Db]Whistle 'Didn't H[F#m]e Ramble'
[D]Now there's a bubble of me
[Db]And it's floati[F#m]ng in thee
Middle Section:
[Bm]Stand in the [E]shade of me
[A]Things are now made of me
[D]The weather vane will say...
[Db]It smells like rain today
Verse
God took the stars and he [Bm]tossed 'em
[Db]Can't tell the birds from the [F#m]blossoms
[D]You'll never be free of me
[Db]He'll make a [F#m]tree from me
Don't say good [Bm]bye to me
[Db]Describe the [F#m]sky to me
[D]And if the sky falls, [Db]mark my words
[F#m]We'll catch mocking birds
Interlude (With Whistling):
[Bm]
[Db] [F#m]
[D] [D]
[Db] [F#m]
Last Verse:
Lay your head where my[Bm] heart used to be
[Db]Hold the earth a[F#m]bove me
[D]Lay down in the green grass
[Db]Remember when you [F#m]loved me[F#m]
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