Green Heart Chords by Darrell Scott

[E] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [A] _ _
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[C#m] _ _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
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_ I met her [G#m] years ago [A] one summer _ _ [E] _ She was working at a [C#m] church camp
_ [A] Up the [B] Boulder River _ _ [E] _ _ _ It was the [G#m] first time I [A] felt that aching [E] wonder
_ _ It was the [C#] first [C#m] time [A] I felt a [B] woman quiver _ I _ [E] _ _ went home for summer [G#m] football
She went [A] back to Fallon [E] County She was the only thing [F#] I [C#m] thought about
[A] Every minute, every [B] day _ I _ _ [E] tried to write her [G#m] letters
I [A] tried to keep her [E] near me _ But _ _ [G#m] every time [C#] she [E] wrote back
[A] She was _ [B] farther away _ _
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[E] I played my [G#m] last game in [A] a loss against White
[E] Sulphur I went home that [C#] night
[C#m] And [A] I got ready for [E] a [B]
ride _ _ _ [E] Packed some clothes and [G#m] some blankets
[A] In a 30-gallon [E] garbage bag _ Was up [B] before the [E] daylight
_ [A] With the barn door [B] open wide _ _ _ [E] _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [A] From Stanford _ _ down [G#m] through Harlow _ _
[A] Passed Baker to the North [B] Dakota line _ [E] _ [B] _ _ [E] I rode _ my [F#m] sorrow gelding _ _
_ [A] And I followed [B] this green [E] heart of [G#m] mine _ _ [E] _ _
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Big [G#m] _ _ [A] Ponderosa's the sweetness of [E] the _ cottonwoods
_ Beauty of [C#] a sunrise over [A] miles and miles [B] of sage _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [G#m] Antelope and mule deer, [A] white tail, [E] and a touch of fear
_ _ _ [B] Sea of prairie [C#m] grasses _ [B] [A] and a thousand [B] birds of prey
_ Found _ _ [E] _ [A] _
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pasture for [G#m] my horse just out of [A] Baker _ [E] Took _ a room [B] there for the [C#m] night
[E] Washed [A] some clothes, shaved [B] my face I _ _ [E] bought some [G#m] roses at a [A] florist there
[E] Next morning, _ _ [B] asked for [F#] [E] directions And I [A] rode out [B] to her place
_ I _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G#m] found her house and tied [A] my pony to a [E] tree _ Ran [B] fingers through my [C#m] hair
[B] [F#m] As I walked to the [B] door _ _ _
_ [E] _ There [G#m] she stood, [A] I could see it [E] wasn't good _ _ _
She gave a nervous [C#m] laugh Said, [A] what did you come [B] here for? _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] From Stanford _ _ down [G#m] through _ Harlow _ _ [A] Passed Baker to the North Dakota [B]
line
[E] _ [G#m] _ _ [E] I rode _ my sorrow [F#m] gelding _ _ _ And I [A] followed _ [B] this green [E] heart of mine
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_ _ _ _ [E] _ Stopped [G#m] at a ranch on Powder [A] River [E] _ _ _
_ I'd spend [C#m] a night there on [A]
my way [B] through
_ I _ _
[E] _ _ called [G#] my father, [G#m] [A] said, bring the [E] horse trailer I _ [C#m] wished to God [A] _ I'd [B] listen to you
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_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G#m] Nineteen days across [A] Montana _ [E] There was frost [B] on [F#] every [C#m] morning
And [A] that damn _ [B] November wind _ _ _ _
[E] _ All of [G#m] my life to [A] do without [E] her
_ _ _ Four hundred miles [A] just to turn back [B] again
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