Green Grass Chords
by Tom Waits
Green Grass by Tom Waits is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Cm. It uses the chords Cm, Fm, G, Ab, Bb and Eb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Cm
Cm 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 floating in thee
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
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 good bye 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
( Fm G Cm Ab Ab G Cm )
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