Tom Waits - Green Grass Chords & Tabs

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:

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tom_waits/green_grass_crd.html ]
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