Village Green Chords

Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

BmOut in the Emcountry,

AFar from Dall the soot and Gnoise of the Emcity,

F♯There's a village Bmgreen.

Verse 2

BmIt's been a long Emtime

ASince I Dlast set eyes on the Gchurch with the Emsteeple

F♯Down by the viBmllage green.

Verse 3

BmFa la la la Emla

A'Twas Dthere I met a girl called GDaisy

 And F♯kissed her by the Bmold oak tree.

Verse 4

BmFa la la la Emla

AAlthough I Dloved my Daisy, GI saw fame,

F♯And so I left the Bmvillage green.

Chorus

EmI miss the EmvilD♯lage green,Em/D

 And all the Em6simple people.

BmI miss the BmvilA♯lage green,Bm/A

 The church, the BmcloG♯ck, the steeple.

C♯I miss the morning dew, F♯fresh air and Sunday school.

Verse 5

And now all the houses

Are rare antiquities.

American tourists flock to see the village green.

Verse 6

Fa la la la la

They snap their photographs and say "Gawd darn it,

Isn't it a pretty scene?"

Verse 7

Fa la la la la

And Daisy's married Tom the grocer boy,

And now he owns a grocery.

Chorus

I miss the village green,

And all the simple people.

I miss the village green,

The church, the clock, the steeple.

I miss the morning dew, fresh air and Sunday school.

Verse 8

And I will return there,

And I'll and Daisy,

And we'll sip tea, laugh,

And talk about the village green.

Outro

GWe will Emlaugh and F♯7talk about the village gBmreen.