Chords for Joe Diffie - "John Deere Green"
Tempo:
67.05 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
A
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
They were farm kids way down in [C] Dixie, they met in [G] high school in the 60s.
Everyone knew it was [D] love from the start.
[G] In July in the midnight [C] hour, they climbed up [G] on the water tower, stood on the [D] rail and
painted a [C] ten foot heart in John Deere green.
[G] On a [C] hot summer night, he wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene in letters three foot high
[Em] and the whole house [D] laughed that he should have used [G] red but it looked good [C] to Charlene
[Em] in John [G] Deere green.
This little town on 80 [C] acres, raising [G] sweet corn, kids and tomatoes, they went together
like a [D] hand in a glove on [G] a clear day from their [C] front yard.
If you [G] look in the what to look for off to the [D] east, you can still read his [C] words aloud
[D] [Em] in John [C] Deere green.
On a hot summer night, he wrote Billy Bob loves [G] Charlene in letters [C] three foot high
[Em] and the whole house [D] laughed that he should have used [G] red but it looked good [C] to Charlene
in John [G] Deere green.
[C] [Gm]
[G]
[D] Now the lord that [G] owns the town has [C] discovered painting over it [G] ain't no use.
[D] There ain't no [G] paint in the world that'll [C] cover with the hard teeth [D] showing through
in John Deere green.
On a hot summer night, [F#m] he wrote Billy Bob [D] loves Charlene in letters three foot high
[F#m] and the whole town [E] said the fool should have used [A] red but it looked good [D] to Charlene
in John [A] Deere green.
[D] [A]
[E] Oh painting [Am] green boy [D] [A]
[E] [A] in John [D] Deere green.
On a hot summer night, he wrote Billy Bob loves [A] Charlene in letters [D] three foot high
[F#m] and the whole town [E] said the boy should have used [A] red but it looked good to Charlene
[D]
in [A] John Deere green.
John
[Am] [A] Deere [E] green.
[A]
They were farm kids way down in [C] Dixie, they met in [G] high school in the 60s.
Everyone knew it was [D] love from the start.
[G] In July in the midnight [C] hour, they climbed up [G] on the water tower, stood on the [D] rail and
painted a [C] ten foot heart in John Deere green.
[G] On a [C] hot summer night, he wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene in letters three foot high
[Em] and the whole house [D] laughed that he should have used [G] red but it looked good [C] to Charlene
[Em] in John [G] Deere green.
This little town on 80 [C] acres, raising [G] sweet corn, kids and tomatoes, they went together
like a [D] hand in a glove on [G] a clear day from their [C] front yard.
If you [G] look in the what to look for off to the [D] east, you can still read his [C] words aloud
[D] [Em] in John [C] Deere green.
On a hot summer night, he wrote Billy Bob loves [G] Charlene in letters [C] three foot high
[Em] and the whole house [D] laughed that he should have used [G] red but it looked good [C] to Charlene
in John [G] Deere green.
[C] [Gm]
[G]
[D] Now the lord that [G] owns the town has [C] discovered painting over it [G] ain't no use.
[D] There ain't no [G] paint in the world that'll [C] cover with the hard teeth [D] showing through
in John Deere green.
On a hot summer night, [F#m] he wrote Billy Bob [D] loves Charlene in letters three foot high
[F#m] and the whole town [E] said the fool should have used [A] red but it looked good [D] to Charlene
in John [A] Deere green.
[D] [A]
[E] Oh painting [Am] green boy [D] [A]
[E] [A] in John [D] Deere green.
On a hot summer night, he wrote Billy Bob loves [A] Charlene in letters [D] three foot high
[F#m] and the whole town [E] said the boy should have used [A] red but it looked good to Charlene
[D]
in [A] John Deere green.
John
[Am] [A] Deere [E] green.
[A]
Key:
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D
C
A
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G
D
C
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ They were farm kids way down in [C] Dixie, they met in [G] high school in the 60s.
Everyone knew it was [D] love from the start.
_ [G] In July in the midnight [C] hour, they climbed up [G] on the water tower, stood on the [D] rail and
painted a [C] ten foot heart in John Deere green.
[G] On a [C] hot summer night, he wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene in letters three foot high
[Em] and the whole house [D] laughed that he should have used [G] red but it looked good [C] to Charlene
[Em] in John [G] Deere green.
_ _ _ _ _ This little town on 80 [C] acres, raising [G] sweet corn, kids and tomatoes, they went together
like a [D] hand in a glove on [G] a clear day from their [C] front yard.
If you [G] look in the what to look for off to the [D] east, you can still read his [C] words aloud
[D] _ [Em] in John [C] Deere green.
On a hot summer night, he wrote Billy Bob loves [G] Charlene in letters [C] three foot high
[Em] and the whole house [D] laughed that he should have used [G] red but it looked good [C] to Charlene
in John [G] Deere green.
_ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Now the lord that [G] owns the town has [C] discovered painting over it [G] ain't no use.
[D] There ain't no [G] paint in the world that'll [C] cover with the hard teeth [D] showing through
_ in John Deere green.
On a hot summer night, [F#m] he wrote Billy Bob [D] loves Charlene in letters three foot high
[F#m] and the whole town [E] said the fool should have used [A] red but it looked good [D] to Charlene
_ _ in John [A] Deere green.
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ Oh painting [Am] green boy _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ in John [D] Deere green.
On a hot summer night, he wrote Billy Bob loves [A] Charlene in letters [D] three foot high
[F#m] and the whole town [E] said the boy should have used [A] red but it looked good to Charlene
[D] _ _
_ in [A] John Deere green. _ _
John _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] [A] Deere [E] green. _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ They were farm kids way down in [C] Dixie, they met in [G] high school in the 60s.
Everyone knew it was [D] love from the start.
_ [G] In July in the midnight [C] hour, they climbed up [G] on the water tower, stood on the [D] rail and
painted a [C] ten foot heart in John Deere green.
[G] On a [C] hot summer night, he wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene in letters three foot high
[Em] and the whole house [D] laughed that he should have used [G] red but it looked good [C] to Charlene
[Em] in John [G] Deere green.
_ _ _ _ _ This little town on 80 [C] acres, raising [G] sweet corn, kids and tomatoes, they went together
like a [D] hand in a glove on [G] a clear day from their [C] front yard.
If you [G] look in the what to look for off to the [D] east, you can still read his [C] words aloud
[D] _ [Em] in John [C] Deere green.
On a hot summer night, he wrote Billy Bob loves [G] Charlene in letters [C] three foot high
[Em] and the whole house [D] laughed that he should have used [G] red but it looked good [C] to Charlene
in John [G] Deere green.
_ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Now the lord that [G] owns the town has [C] discovered painting over it [G] ain't no use.
[D] There ain't no [G] paint in the world that'll [C] cover with the hard teeth [D] showing through
_ in John Deere green.
On a hot summer night, [F#m] he wrote Billy Bob [D] loves Charlene in letters three foot high
[F#m] and the whole town [E] said the fool should have used [A] red but it looked good [D] to Charlene
_ _ in John [A] Deere green.
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ Oh painting [Am] green boy _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ in John [D] Deere green.
On a hot summer night, he wrote Billy Bob loves [A] Charlene in letters [D] three foot high
[F#m] and the whole town [E] said the boy should have used [A] red but it looked good to Charlene
[D] _ _
_ in [A] John Deere green. _ _
John _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] [A] Deere [E] green. _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _