(Intro) CGEFCC (Verse) C G Can't you hear your momma talkin' EM7 F C C She told you to hush your idling tongue C G Sit down in your chair, boy EM7 F C C Eat your supper, leave your brother alone EM7 F D7 G7 I was once, just like you Esus4 Am G C I was green and blue C G Well my mother told my father one day EM7 F C C How much she had loved her life with him C G Then she rose up from her body EM7 F C And she vanished in the blue and green of spring EM7 F D7 G7 She was once, just like me Esus4 Am G F G C Now she's gone into the blue and green (Instrumental) CGEFCC EM7 F D7 G Blue and green; blue and green Esus4 Am G F G C C You ain't lived until you've seen the blue and green C G Well you should've seen my grandmother EM7 F C C She was strong and tough as any man C G She was sweet and gentle when EM7 F C C she held you like the lover she used to have EM7 F D7 G7 But he was gone, now so it seems Esus4 Am G F G C But they lived on in the blue and green EM7 F D7 G7 Blue and green; blue and green Esus4 Am G F G C C You ain't lived until you've seen the blue and green Transition: EM7 F D7 G7 Blue and green; blue and green Esus4 Am G F G C C You ain't lived until you've seen the blue and green C G Well keep on growing up so fast EM7 F Life will hit you hard as you can take C G Well tell me all your troubles boy EM7 F And I will try and take those troubles away. EM7 F D7 G7 Cause you were once, just like me Esus4 Am F G C We are coming from the blue and green EM7 F D7 G Blue and green; blue and green Esus4 Am G F G C C You ain't lived until you've seen the blue and green EM7 F D7 G Blue and green; blue and green Esus4 Am G F G C C You ain't lived until you've seen the blue and green EM7 F D7 G Blue and green; blue and green Esus4 Am G F G C C You ain't lived until you've seen the blue and green C G Can't you hear your momma talkin' EM7 F C She told you to hush your idling tongue