The Grass Is Blue Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays474

The Grass Is Blue by Dolly Parton is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G, Am and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			(note: so I wanted to play this one the other day and I noticed there are only cover versions.  
So here it is the original version by Dolly) 


C 
I've had to think up a way to survive  
      F 
Since you said it's over  
             C 
Told me goodbye  
C 
I just can't make it one day without you  
F                         G          C          
Unless I pretend that the opposite's true  


Am          G 
Rivers flow backwards  
F           C 
Valleys are high  
F              
Mountains are level  
           C 
Truth is a lie  
Am            G 
I'm perfectly fine  
    F            C 
And I don't miss you  
    F 
The sky is green  
        G        C 
And the grass is blue  

Am  Em  F  C  Am  G  F  G 

    C 
How much can a heart and a troubled mind take  
F                                     C 
Where is that fine line before it all breaks  
                              C 
Can one end their sorrow just cross over it  
    F                  G          C 
And into that realm of insanity's bliss  


       Am           G 
There's snow in the tropics  
        F          C         
There's ice on the sun  
     F           
It's hot in the Arctic  
              C  
And crying is fun  
    Am        G 
And I'm happy now  
F                   C 
And I'm glad we're through  
        F 
And the sky is green  
        G        C 
And the grass is blue  


        Am          G 
And the rivers flow backwards  
    F            C 
And my tears are dry  
F 
Swans hate the water  
                 C 
And eagles can't fly  
Am              G     
But I'm alright now  
         F        C 
Now that I'm over you  
        F 
And the sky is green  
        G        Am 
And the grass is blue  
    F 
And I don't love you  
        G        Am 
And the grass is blue 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante