Tom Jones – Green Green Grass Of Home (Guitar Acoustic Tab)
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Title: Green Green Grass Of Home
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Capo: 2, optionally for brightness
Tempo: Q=100, Time: 4/4, Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes.
Eighths are marked '+'. Play the eighths slightly deferred, to create a swinging feel.
All other beats are quarters. Emphasize the melody notes.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
Play the 6th string bass with thumb-fretting as appropriate.
[Verse] C + + + + + + + + F + + C + E|----------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------| B|----------------------------|-----------------------1-|-----------------------|-----1-------1------------| G|-----0------0------------0--|-0--0-----------2--------|-0------------0------0-|-2---------------2------0-| D|--------2------------2------|-------2-----------0-----|------2----------2-----|---------3----------3-----| A|-3--------------------------|-3-----------------------|-3---------------------|--------------------------| E|----------------3-----------|------------3------------|----------3------------|-1-----------1------------| The old home town looks the same As I step down from my train The old house is still standing tho' the paint is cracked and dry (spoken) Then I awake and look around me At four grey walls that surround me + + + + + + G7 + + + + + + E|-------------------------|-0---0-------------0------0-|-1--p0--------------------|-------------7\6-----5-| B|-------------------1--h3-|----------------------------|------------3-----p1------|-0--h3-----------------| G|---------------0---------|------------0---------------|--------------------------|-----------------------| D|------2------------2-----|--------2-------------2-----|--------0-------------0---|--------0--------0-----| A|-3-----------------------|-3--------------------------|---------------2----------|-----------------------| E|-----------3-------------|---------------3------------|-3------------------------|-3-----------7\--------| And there to meet me is my Mama and Papa And there's that old oak tree that I used to play on (spoken) And I realize, yes, I was only dreaming + + C + + + + F + + + + + + + E|-----------------0-----|-3----------3--3--------p0-|-1-----p0---------------|----------------------------| B|----------1------------|---------------------------|------------3----p1-----|-----1------1-p0---1------3-| G|--------------0------0-|-----0-------------0-------|-----2------------------|----------------------------| D|------0----------0-----|--------2-------------2----|--------3------------3--|--------3-------------3-----| A|-----------------------|-3-------------3-----------|------------------------|----------------------------| E|-5--------3------------|---------------------------|-1-------------1--------|-1-------------1------------| Down the road I look and there runs Mary Hair of gold and lips Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary Hair of gold and lips For there's a guard and there's a sad old padre Arm in arm, we'll walk + + + C + > + + G + + + + C + + + E|-------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------| B|-----1-----0-------------|------------1------------1-|-3------3------1-----p0-----|-1--------------------| G|-------------------2-----|-0-------0---------0-------|-----0------0------0------0-|-----0-----0-----0----| D|-------3--------------3--|-----2----------------2----|--------0-------------0-----|--------2-----------2-| A|-------------------------|-3----------3--------------|---------------2------------|-3--------------------| E|-1-------------1---------|---------------------------|-3--------------------------|--------------3-------| like cherries, It's good to touch the green, green grass of home. like cherries, It's good to touch the green, green grass of home. at daybreak, Again I touch the green, green grass of home. [Chorus] G C + + + + + + F + + + + + + + + E|-----------------0-----|-3-------------3---------p0-|-1------0-----------------|-------------------------| B|----------1------------|----------------------------|--------------------------|-----1-----1--0-h1-----3-| G|--------------0------0-|-----0------0------0--------|-----2------2-----2-----2-|-------------------------| D|------0----------2-----|--------2-------------2-----|--------3------------3----|--------3-----------3----| A|-2---------------------|-3-------------3------------|---------------0----------|-------------------------| E|----------3------------|----------------------------|-1------------------------|-1------------1----------| Yes, they'll all come to meet me, arms reaching, smiling Yes, they'll all come to meet me, arms reaching, smiling Yes, they'll all come to see me, In the shade of that + + + C + > + + G + + + + C + + + E|---------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------| B|----1----0-----------|------------1----------1--|-3------3-------1-----p0------|-1------------------------| G|--------------2------|-0-------0-------0--------|-----0------0-------0------0--|-----0------0-----0-------| D|------3----------3---|------2-------------2-----|--------0--------------0------|--------2------------2----| A|---------------------|-3----------3-------------|----------------2-------------|-3------------------------| E|-1---------1---------|--------------------------|-3----------------------------|---------------3----------| sweetly, It's good to touch the green, green grass of home sweetly, It's good to touch the green, green grass of home old oak tree, As they lay me 'neath the green, green grass of home
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| > Accented note
| \ Slide down
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