Green Tree chords by Buddy Greene

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I  (G major) got  (A major) a  (E minor) green tree
growin' in my backyard
Grow so high,
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seems so easy for a  (A major) green tree
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Or growing in  (E minor) my backyard  (A major)  (E minor)  (G major) 
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An (A major) d there's a lot of  (E minor) birds
living in my green tree
Flying around singing, eating
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and raising up  (A major) a family
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Seems so  (G major) easy in a  (E minor) green tree
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And a  (G major) few things occurred to me
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 (A major) while studying a  (E minor) green tree
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And con (G major) sidering the birds
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and the  (A major) way they all live so easily
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 (E minor) But I  (G major) thought you might like to know,  (A major) 
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so I  (C major) put it in a song just to  (D major) show
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There's a  (E minor) lot you can learn
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by simply meditating on a  (A major) green tree
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Grow (G major) ing  (A major) in your  (E minor) backyard
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 (A major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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I  (A major) spend a  (E minor) lot of time
chasing after little things
They seem so big and important,
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but they're really just  (A major) the little things
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Itty -bits,  (G major) teeny -t (E minor) iny little things
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Oh  (A major) yeah, the  (E minor) reason that I
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know that  (E major) the  (E minor) little things
Is cause the Lord said the
birds and the lilies
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never worry  (B minor) about the  (A major) little things
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What you eat and what you  (G major) wear,
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you know the  (E minor) little things
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Oh yeah,  (D major)  (G major) that's what occurred to me
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 (A major) while studying the  (E minor) dream tree
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And con (G major) sidering the birds
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and the  (A major) way they all live so easily  (E minor) 
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But  (G major) I thought you might like to know
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 (A major) So  (C major) I  put it in a song just to  (D major) show
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There's a  (E minor) lot you can learn
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By simply meditating on a  (A major) green tree  (G major) 
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In  (A major) your  (E minor) backyard  (D major)  (G major)  (A major)  (G major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
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 (A major)  (G major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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Oh,  (G major)  (A major) the next time  (E minor) you start to worry
You better hurry
Scurry on out the back door
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and find a  (A major) green tree
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Grow (G major) ing in your  (E minor) backyard
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Yeah,  (A major) well sit back  (E minor) in the shade
Man, you got it made
God loves you more than any
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bird living  (A major) in a green tree
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Man, he loves  (G major) you and he  (E minor) loves me
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Oh, and  (G major) if God takes care  (A major) of the birds
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living in a  (E minor) green tree  (B minor)  (E minor) 
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Well,  (D major)  (G major) goes without saying
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he's gon (A major) na be looking
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after you  (E minor) and me
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But I  (G major) thought you might like to know  (A major) 
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So  (B minor) I    (C major) put it in a song just  (A major) to  (D major) show
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There's a lot  (E minor) you can learn
By simply meditating on
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a  (A major) green tree  (G major) 
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 (A major) Growing in your  (E minor) backyard  (A major) 
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 (D major) Now  (A major) that's what occurred to me
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 (G major) While study (A major) ing in  (E minor) a green tree
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And consid (A major) ering the birds
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and the  (G major) way they all live  (A major) so easily  (E minor) 
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But  (D major) I   (G major) thought you might like to know
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 (A major) So I  (C major) put it in a song just  (A major) to  (D major) show
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There's a  (E major) lot you can learn
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By simply meditat (E minor) ing
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on a  (A major) green tree  (G major) 
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Grow (A major) ing in your  (E minor) backyard  (A major)  (E minor)  (E major) 
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 (E minor) Mmm,  (G major) just grow (A major) ing in  (E minor) 
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your backyard  (A major)  (E minor) 
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 (G major) Now I'm  (A major) simply meditat (E minor) ing
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On  (A major)  (E minor) a  (G major) green tree grow (A major) ing
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in my  (E minor) backyard