Green Grass Chords - 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:
Cm Cm



Verse:

                              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





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

  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




Interlude (With Whistling):
Fm  
G    Cm
Ab   Ab
G    Cm




Last Verse:


      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