Green Fields, Once there Were…

by Brothers Four – Key of A

Greenfields was the second hit of Brothers Four.
It was released in January 1960, hit #2 on the pop charts, and sold over one million copies.

PICK FIRST FOUR STRINGS FOR CHORDS Am Dm Am E TO SET THE TEMPO

[Am] Once there were [Dm] green fields, [Am] kissed by the [E] sun. [Am] Once there were [Dm] valleys, where [Am] rivers used to [G] run. – – – [F] Once there were [G] blue skies with [C] white clouds high [Am] above. [Dm] Once they were [G] part of an [C] everlasting [E] love. – – – [Am] We were the [Dm] lovers who [Am] strolled [E] through green [Am] fields. [Dm] [Am] [E]

[Am] Green fields are [Dm] gone now, [Am] parched by the [E] sun. [Am] Gone from the [Dm] valleys, where [Am] rivers used to [G] run. – – – [F] Gone with the [G] cold wind, that [C] swept into my heart. [Am] [Dm ] Gone with the [G] lovers, who [C] let their dreams [E] depart. – – – [Am] Where are the [Dm] green fields, that [Am] we [E] used to [Am] know [Dm] [Am]

[F] I’ll never know what, made you [G] run [C] away [F] How can I keep searching when dark clouds [G] hide the [C] day. – – – [Am] I only [Dm] know there’s, [Am] nothing here for [Dm] me. [Am] Nothing in this [Dm] wide world, [Am] left for me to [E] see.

[Am] Still I’ll keep on [Dm] waiting, [Am] until you [E] return. [Am] I’ll keep on [Dm] waiting, until [Am] the day you [G] learn. – – – [F] You can’t be [G] happy, while [C] your heart’s on the [Am] roam, [Dm] You can’t be [G] happy until [Dm] you bring it [E] home. – – – [Am] Home to the [Dm] green fields, and [Am] me [E] once [Am] again.

[Dm Am]