monument in green — текст песни (big head todd)

Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 20:05:47 -0500 (EST)
From: EMalm1@aol.com
Cc: guitar@olga.net
Subject: Tab: Big Head Todd and the Monsters: Monument in Green

Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Monument in Green
>From the album Midnight Radio
Words and Music by Todd Park Mohr
Transcribed by Eric Malm



-INTRO-
C7 C C7 C F9maj7

-VERSE-
C7 C
Well I rode the green across this country.
C7 C
Horses lived and died to take me
F9
Men I killed to help me get there, further west I died to take me.
C7 C
Blackened face and dirty laundry.
C7 C
Many days since I have eaten.
F9
Found myself a family.

Broke my back so I could feed them.

-CHORUS-
C7 C C7 C
High in the wind.
F9
Standing in the sun.
C7 C C7 C
We`re gonna` raise up the heavens.
F9
With a shovel and a gun.
Am
I was so much younger then.
C
I would never ever listen.
Am
I am so much older now.
C
I thought that things would end up different.
Am G
Farewell, lover in green.

-VERSE-
C7 C
Elizabeth she is my lady.
C7 C
Says the prayers and does the learnin`.
F9
Waking up all the children.

Making love in early morning.
C7 C
We took to building up the cities.
C7 C
We built the churches in our cities.
F9
Happy in the green country.

And in the green they buried me.

-REPEAT CHORUS-

-BRIDGE-
Am C Am C
Oh. She sang hymns that made me cry.
Am C
Oh. She danced so tender.
Am C G
As I held you in the green.
*Bridge ends with a flurry of notes I do not know.
-INTRO CHORDS WITH HARMONICA IN C-
-SPOKEN VERSE-
C7 C C7 C
Well I`m dead now.
F9
My wife Elizabeth is at my side.
C7 C C7
C
I`ve got children all around me.
F9
I`ve got grandchildren.
C7 C C7 C
I`ve got great grandchildren.
F9
I`ve got great great grandchildren.
C7 C C7
C
Too many for me to remember.
F9
Maybe one of them is you?

-CHORUS-

-chords- C C7 F9 G Am
0 0 0 3 0
3 3 0 2 0
2 2 3 0 2
0 0 2 0 2
1 3 1 3 1
0 0 3 3 0



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