Green Is the Colour

Intro: G  C  G  C  G  Bm  C  Em   D

Verse 1:
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Heavy hung the canopy of blue
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Shade my eyes and I can see you
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White is the light that shines through the dress that you wore

Verse 2:
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She lay in the shadow of the wave
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Hazy were the visions of her playing
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Sunlight on her eyes but moonshine made her blind every time

Verse 3:
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Green is the colour of her kind
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Quickness of the eye deceives the mind
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Envy is the bond between the hopeful and the damned

Outro: G  C  G  C  G  C  D