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