[Intro]
[Strophe]
G 
The old hometown looks the same 
     C                  G 
As I step down from the train 
                                D 
There to meet me is my mama and papa 
         G 
Down the lane I look and there runs Mary 
C 
Hair of gold and lips like cherry 
     G                 D                    G 
It's good to touch the green green grass of home
[Refrain]
G 
The old house is still standing 
       C                        G 
Though the paint is cracked and dried 
                                        D 
There's the old oak tree that I used to play on 
          G 
Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary 
C 
Hair of gold and lips like cherry 
        G                  D                   G 
It's so good to touch the green green grass of home
[Refrain]
            G 
Yes they'll all come to meet me 
         C 
Arms out-reached, smelling sweetly 
        G                 D                    G 
It's so good to touch the green green grass of home
[Solo]
G    D    G
[Strophe]
G 
Then I awake and I look around me 
    C                             G 
At the four gray walls that surround me 
                               D 
And I realize that I was only dreamin' 
               G 
For there's the guard and there's the sad old padre 
C 
And arm-in-arm, we'll walk at daybreak 
          G                     D             G 
And again I'll touch the green green grass of home
[Refrain]
            G 
Yes they'll all come to see me 
      C 
In the shade of that old oak tree 
          G                 D                        C  G 
When they lay me 'neath the green green grass of home