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G.....C7.....Bb..Verse 1G..They were farm kids way down in Dixie
C..They met in high schooGl in the sixties
G..Everyone knew it was love from the stDart
G..One July, in the midnight hour
C..He climbed up on thGe water tower
G..Stood on the rail and paDinted a ten-foot hCeart.D..
ChorusIn J
Emohn D
Deere g
Creen,
G on a h
Dot summer ni
Cght
He wrote
Em"Billy Bob l
Doves Char
Clene"
G in letters th
Dree-foot-h
Cigh
And the w
Emhole town said that he s
Dhould've used red
But it l
Gooked good
Bmto Charl
C7ene in J
Emohn D
Deere g
Green..
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Verse 2G..They settled down on eighty acres
C..Raising sweet corn,
G kids, and tomatoes
G..They went together like a hand and a gl
Dove (Yes they did)
G..On a clear day, from their front yard
C..If you look and
G know what to look for
G..Off to the east, you can s
Dtill read his words of l
Cove
ChorusIn J
Emohn D
Deere g
Creen,
G on a h
Dot summer ni
Cght
He wrote
Em"Billy Bob l
Doves Char
Clene"
G in letters th
Dree-foot-h
Cigh
And the w
Emhole town said that he s
Dhould've used red
But it l
Gooked good
Bmto Charl
C7ene in J
Emohn D
Deere g
Green
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BridgeNow m
Dore than once the to
Gwn has discovered
Painting
Cover it ain't no
Guse
There a
Din't no paint in the w
Gorld that'll cover it
The he
Cart keeps showing th
Drough
ChorusIn J
F#mohn De
Eere gr
Deen,
A on a h
Eot summer ni
Dght
He wrote
F#m "Billy Bob l
Eoves Charl
Dene"
A in letters t
Ehree-foot-
Dhigh
And the w
F#mhole town said that he sh
Eould've used red
But it l
Aooked good
C#mto Charle
D7ne in J
F#mohn De
Eere g
Areen
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BridgeE7Ah, paint it green, boy!
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ChorusIn J
F#mohn De
Eere gr
Deen,
A on a h
Eot summer ni
Dght
He wrote
F#m "Billy Bob l
Eoves Charl
Dene"
A in letters t
Ehree-foot-
Dhigh
And the w
F#mhole town said that he sh
Eould've used red
But it l
Aooked good
C#mto Charle
D7ne in J
F#mohn De
Eere g
Areen..
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InterludeA.....
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OutroA.....Oh, take us home Joe Diffie
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A.....Jo
E7hn Deere green.
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