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Forty Shades Of Green

Johnny Cash
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 I close my eyes and picture the emerald  of the sea,
  From the fishing  boats at Dingle,
  To the shores  of Donagha -dea;
  I miss  the River Shannon,
  And the folks  at Skibbereen,
  The moorlands  and the meadows
  With their forty  shades of green.
  But most  of all I miss a girl in
  Tipperary  town.
  And most  of all I miss her lips,
  As soft  as eider-down;
  Again  I want to see and do
  The things  we've done and seen,
  With the breeze  as sweet as shalamar,
  And there's forty  shades of green.
  I wish that I could spend an hour
  At Dublin's  churning surf,
  I'd love  to watch the farmers drain
  The bogs  and spade the turf;
  To see  again the thatches
  Of the straw  the women glean;
  I'd walk  from Cork to Laren to see
  The forty  shades of green.
  Chorus

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Readable chord sheet for Forty Shades Of Green by Johnny Cash

[G] I close my eyes and picture the [C]emerald of the sea,
      From the [G]fishing boats at Dingle,
      To the [A7]shores of Donagha [D]-dea;
      I [G]miss the River Shannon,
      And the [C]folks at Skibbereen,
      The [G]moorlands and the meadows
      With their [D]forty shades of [G]green.

       But [C]most of all I miss a girl in
       [G]Tipperary town.
       And [C]most of all I miss her [G]lips,
       As [A7]soft as eider-[D]down;
       [G]Again I want to see and do
       The [C]things we've done and seen,
       With the [G]breeze as sweet as shalamar,
        And there's [D]forty shades of [G]green.

      I wish that I could spend an hour
      At [C]Dublin's churning surf,
      I'd [G]love to watch the farmers drain
     The [A7]bogs and spade the [D]turf;
     To [G]see again the thatches
     Of the [C]straw the women glean;
     I'd [G]walk from Cork to Laren to see
     The [D]forty shades of [G]green.

                     Chorus

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