Intro: C G E F C
Verse:
C G
Can't you hear your mama talking
E F C
She told you to hush your idling tongue
C G
Sit down in your chair boy,
E F C
Eat your supper, leave your brother alone
Lead In:
E F D7 G
-- I was once, -- just like you
E Am G C
--I was green and Blue
Verse:
C G
Well my mother told my father one day
E F C
How much she had loved her life with him
C G
Then she rose up from her body and she
E F C
vanished in the blue and green spring.
Lead In:
E F D7 G
--She was once, -- Just like me
E Am Em F G C
-- Now shes gone into the blue and green.
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