John Deere Green Chords by Joe Diffie

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_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] They were farm kids way down in [C] Dixie,
at high [G] school in the sixties.
Everyone knew it was love [D] from the _ start.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ One July in the midnight [C] hour,
he climbed up on [G] the water tower,
stood on the rail [D] and painted a ten [C]-foot _ heart.
[D] _ _ _ [Em] And [D] John [C] Deere Green,
_ _ [G] _ [D] on a hot [C] summer night,
he [Em] broke Billy [D] Bob's love, [C] Charlie.
_ _ [G] _ In [D] letters three [C] foot high,
[Em] camera hook out said [D] that he should have used red,
[G] but he'd look good to _ [C] Charlie. _ _ _ _ _
[Em] And [D] John [G] Deere Green,
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] they settled down on 80 acres,
[C] _ raising sweet [G] corn, kids and tomatoes.
They went _ together like a hand [D] and a glove,
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ on a clear day from their front [C] yard.
If you look [G] and know what to look for,
off to the east [D] you can still read his word [C] for _ love.
[D] _ _ _ [Em] And [D] John [C] Deere [G] Green,
_ _ [D] on a hot [C] summer night,
he [Em] broke Billy [D] Bob's love, [C] Charlie.
_ _ _ [G] In [D] letters three [C] foot high,
[Em] camera hook out said that [D] he should have used red,
but he'd look good to _ [C] Charlie. _ _ _ _ _
[Em] And [D] John [G] Deere Green,
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_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ _ _ how [D] more than [G] once the town has discovered [C] painting over it ain't no use.
There [D] ain't no [G]
paint in the world that'll cover it,
[C] the heart keeps showing [D] through. _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] And John [E] _ [D] Deere Green, _
_ [A] _ [E] on a hot [D] summer night,
he [F#] broke Billy [E] Bob's love, [D] Charlie.
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_ [A] In [E] letters three [D] foot high, _
[F#] camera hook out said that [E] he should have used red,
[A] but he'd look [C#] good to _ [D] Charlie. _
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[F#m] And [E] John [D] Deere [A] Green,
_ on [E] a hot [D] summer night,
he [F#] broke Billy [E] Bob's love, [D] Charlie.
[F#m] _
_ [A] In letters three [D] foot high,
and [F#m] the hook out said the [E] boy should have used red,
[A] but he'd look good to [D] Charlie. _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] And [E] John [A] Deere _ _ Green, _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] John [A] Deere _ Green. _ _ _
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