Ben Rector – Green (Guitar)

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Chords

There's an Eb chord fingerpicked in the background for most of the song, with some variation. Here's the main idea:
e|--------------|
B|-------4------|
G|-----3---3----|
D|---5-------5--|
A|-6------------|
E|--------------|
[Verse 1]
Eb                         Cm
We took a flight to the Pacific Northwest

            Ab
I've had a longing to go there deep in my chest
Like a dream [Verse 2]
     Eb                      Cm
Left Portland in the mornin' headed for the coast

           Ab
Feels like middle of nowhere, windin' down this road

Ab
And then I see it
This can't be real [Chorus]
     Eb           Bb                 Ab
I've never seen a greener green than that

    Eb               Bb              Ab
The sea salt air I'm breathin' brings life back

                 Eb                     Cm
Together, we're alive and free, holdin' hands on the beach

    Ab
And I remember what it is to be

 Eb       Cm Ab
So green

          Eb    Cm Ab
It was so green
[Verse 3]
       Eb                          Cm
Take a lighthouse tour, we saw the octopus tree

      Ab                     Fm
Feels like some Wes Anderson movie scene

       Ab
In the breeze
[Verse 4]
       Eb                           Cm
Made a bonfire on the beach, talked late into the night

        Ab                    Fm
We made love after bottles of cheap red wine

               Ab        Fm
It was way too sweet (mmm, yeah)

             Ab    Bb
You taste so swee-eet
[Chorus]
     Eb           Bb            Ab
I've never seen a greener green    than that

    Eb               Bb               Ab
The sea salt air I'm breathin' brings   life back

                  Eb                    Cm
Together, we're alive and free, holdin' hands on the beach

    Ab
And I remember what it is to be

   Eb     Cm Ab Fm
So green

                Eb     Cm
Yeah, it was so green
[Interlude]
Ab   Fm      Eb  Cm  Ab  Fm       Eb    Cm Ab Fm
Yeah-eah-eah-e  -  a  -  h, yeah, yeah, oh
[Chorus]
     Eb           Bb            Ab
I've never seen a greener green    than that

    Eb               Bb               Ab
The sea salt air I'm breathin' brings   life back

                  Eb                    Cm
Together, we're alive and free, holdin' hands on the beach

    Ab
And I remember what it is to be
You and I rememberin' what it is to be
 Eb   Cm Ab Bb
So green

          Eb Cm Ab
It was so green