(Intro)
[C] [G] [EM7] [F] [C] [C]
(Verse)
[C]Can't you hear your [G]momma talkin'
[EM7]She told you to [F]hush your idling [C]tongue[C]
[C]Sit down in your [G]chair, boy
[EM7]Eat your supper, [F]leave your brother a[C]lone[C]
[EM7]I was [F]once, [D7]just like [G7]you
[Esus4]I was gr[Am]een [G]and [C]blue
Well my [C]mother told my [G]father one day
[EM7]How much she had [F]loved her life with [C]him[C]
Then she [C]rose up from her [G]body
And she [EM7]vanished in the [F]blue and green of [C]spring
[EM7]She was [F]once, [D7]just like [G7]me
[Esus4]Now she's g[Am]one in[G]to the [F]blue [G]and [C]green
(Instrumental)
[C] [G] [EM7] [F] [C] [C]
[EM7]Blue and [F]green; [D7]blue and [G]green
[Esus4]You ain't [Am]lived un[G]til you've [F]seen the [G]blue and [C]green[C]
Well you [C]should've seen my [G]grandmother
[EM7]She was strong and [F]tough as any [C]man[C]
[C]She was sweet and [G]gentle when
she [EM7]held you like the [F]lover she us[C]ed to ha[C]ve
[EM7]But he was [F]gone, [D7]now so it [G7]seems
[Esus4]But they lived [Am]on [G]in the [F]blue an[G]d [C]green
[EM7]Blue and [F]green; [D7]blue and [G7]green
[Esus4]You ain't [Am]lived un[G]til you've [F]seen the [G]blue and [C]green[C]
Transition:
[EM7]Blue and [F]green; [D7]blue and [G7]green
[Esus4]You ain't [Am]lived un[G]til you've [F]seen the [G]blue and [C]green[C]
Well [C]keep on growing [G]up so fast
[EM7]Life will hit you [F]hard as you can take
Well [C]tell me all your [G]troubles boy
And [EM7]I will try and [F]take those troubles away.
[EM7]Cause yo[F]u were[D7] once, jus[G7]t like me
[Esus4]We are [Am]coming [F]from the [G]blue and [C]green
[EM7]Blue and [F]green; [D7]blue and [G]green
[Esus4]You ain't [Am]lived un[G]til you've [F]seen the [G]blue and [C]green[C]
[EM7]Blue and [F]green; [D7]blue and [G]green
[Esus4]You ain't [Am]lived un[G]til you've [F]seen the [G]blue and [C]green[C]
[EM7]Blue and [F]green; [D7]blue and [G]green
[Esus4]You ain't [Am]lived un[G]til you've [F]seen the [G]blue and [C]green[C]
[C]Can't you hear your [G]momma talkin'
[EM7]She told you to [F]hush your idling [C]tongue
[C] [G] [EM7] [F] [C] [C]
(Verse)
[C]Can't you hear your [G]momma talkin'
[EM7]She told you to [F]hush your idling [C]tongue[C]
[C]Sit down in your [G]chair, boy
[EM7]Eat your supper, [F]leave your brother a[C]lone[C]
[EM7]I was [F]once, [D7]just like [G7]you
[Esus4]I was gr[Am]een [G]and [C]blue
Well my [C]mother told my [G]father one day
[EM7]How much she had [F]loved her life with [C]him[C]
Then she [C]rose up from her [G]body
And she [EM7]vanished in the [F]blue and green of [C]spring
[EM7]She was [F]once, [D7]just like [G7]me
[Esus4]Now she's g[Am]one in[G]to the [F]blue [G]and [C]green
(Instrumental)
[C] [G] [EM7] [F] [C] [C]
[EM7]Blue and [F]green; [D7]blue and [G]green
[Esus4]You ain't [Am]lived un[G]til you've [F]seen the [G]blue and [C]green[C]
Well you [C]should've seen my [G]grandmother
[EM7]She was strong and [F]tough as any [C]man[C]
[C]She was sweet and [G]gentle when
she [EM7]held you like the [F]lover she us[C]ed to ha[C]ve
[EM7]But he was [F]gone, [D7]now so it [G7]seems
[Esus4]But they lived [Am]on [G]in the [F]blue an[G]d [C]green
[EM7]Blue and [F]green; [D7]blue and [G7]green
[Esus4]You ain't [Am]lived un[G]til you've [F]seen the [G]blue and [C]green[C]
Transition:
[EM7]Blue and [F]green; [D7]blue and [G7]green
[Esus4]You ain't [Am]lived un[G]til you've [F]seen the [G]blue and [C]green[C]
Well [C]keep on growing [G]up so fast
[EM7]Life will hit you [F]hard as you can take
Well [C]tell me all your [G]troubles boy
And [EM7]I will try and [F]take those troubles away.
[EM7]Cause yo[F]u were[D7] once, jus[G7]t like me
[Esus4]We are [Am]coming [F]from the [G]blue and [C]green
[EM7]Blue and [F]green; [D7]blue and [G]green
[Esus4]You ain't [Am]lived un[G]til you've [F]seen the [G]blue and [C]green[C]
[EM7]Blue and [F]green; [D7]blue and [G]green
[Esus4]You ain't [Am]lived un[G]til you've [F]seen the [G]blue and [C]green[C]
[EM7]Blue and [F]green; [D7]blue and [G]green
[Esus4]You ain't [Am]lived un[G]til you've [F]seen the [G]blue and [C]green[C]
[C]Can't you hear your [G]momma talkin'
[EM7]She told you to [F]hush your idling [C]tongue
