Someplace Green chords by Rod Mckuen

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Verse 1
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Oooooo
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h aaaaaah
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The good Lord made man
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and he rested for a little while
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He said, look what I've  done,
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ain't he pretty?
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Then he cracked a   smile
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I'll watch him grow, I'll watch him talk
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Learn to fight and kill
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And when he's had his fill of these
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I'll walk him up a hill
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To some place green,
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some place nice,
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Some place that I
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call paradise.
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Growing green are in the rain,
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Waiting there for
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man to claim.
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The good Lord looked down on the earth
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One afternoon and frowned.
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He said, man ain't learned a heck of a lot
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since I carved him out of ground.
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He's built a lot   of steeples
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from clay and rocks and sand,
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but he hasn't learned to get along
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with his fellow man.
And someplace green,
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someplace nice,
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someplace that I call paradise
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His growin' green are
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in the rain
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Waitin' there
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for man to claim
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The good Lord's been
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around a while
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Eternity at least
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And I guess He'll be    around a while
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Till time and tide have ceased
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Lookin' down from somewhere
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Tryin' hard to find
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If man has earned his paradise
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On the other side of time
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Someplace green
Someplace green
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Someplace nice
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Someplace nice
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Someplace that he
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Calls paradise
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He's growin' green
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er    in the rain
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Waitin' there
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Waiting for a man to claim
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Yes, growing green, green,
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green in the rain
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Waiting there for a man