Green and Grey — New Model Army
Chords and lyrics for Green and Grey by New Model Army (key of C).
Verse
The [Em]time I think most clearly
The [G]time I drift away
Is on the [Am]bus ride that meanders
Up these [C]valleys of green and [Cmaj7]grey
I [Em]get to think about what might have been
And [G]what may yet come true
And I [Am]get to pass these rainy miles
[C]Thinking of [Cmaj7]you
[C]And all the while, all the while
I[Em7] still hear that call
To the [C]land of gold and poison
That [Em7]beckons to us all
[Em]Nothing changes here very much
You [G]used to say it never will
The [Am]pubs are all full on Friday nights
And [C]things get started [Cmaj7]still
We spent [Em]hours last week with Billy-boy
Bleeding, yeah [G]queuing in casualty
[Am]Staring at those posters we used to laugh at
Never neverland, [C]palm trees by the [Cmaj7]sea
Well, [C]there was no need for those guys to hurt him so bad
When all they [Em7]had to do was knock him down
But no one [C]asks too many questions like that anymore
[Em7]Since you left this town
Chorus
And [G]tomorrow brings [D]another train
Another [Bm]young brave steals [C]away
But [G]you're the one I [D]remember
From these [Bm]valleys of the green and the [C]grey
Verse
You [Em]used to talk about winners and losers all the time
As if [G]that was all there was
As [Am]if we were not of the same blood family
As [C]if we live by different [Cmaj7]laws
Do you [Em]owe so much less to these rain swept hills
Than you [G]owe to your good self?
Is it [Am]true that the world has always got to be
Something that seems to happen [C]somewhere [Cmaj7]else?
For [C]God's sake don't you realise
That [Em7]I still hear that call?
Do you think you're [C]so brave just go running
To that which [Em7]beckons to us all?
Chorus
And [G]tomorrow brings [D]another train
Another [Bm]young brave steals [C]away
But [G]you're the one I [D]remember
From these [Bm]valleys of the green and the [C]grey
No, not for one [Em]second did you look behind you
As [G]you were walking away
Never [Am]once did you wish any of us well
[C]Those who had chosen to stay
And if [Em]that's what it takes to make it
In the [G]place where you live today
Then [G]I guess you'll never read these [D]letters that I've sent
From the [Bm]valleys of green and [C]the grey
[Bm]Valleys of the [Am]green and the [Em]grey
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