John Deere Green Chords by Joe Diffie

[Start]

[Intro]

[Verse]
G G7                G                C    
■ ■  They were farm kids way down in Dixie
            G                    
Met in high school in the 'sixtys
                                   D7    D
Everyone knew it was love from the start ■
G          G7     G        C   
■ One July in the midnight hour
                G              
He climbed upon the water tower
                      D                 C     D
Stood on the rail and painted a tenfoot heart ■


[Chorus]
Em      D     C     G
In John Deere green ■
     D          C    
On a hot summer night
         Em        D     C       
He wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene
G          D         C   
In letters threefoot high
        Em                      D                 
And the whole town said that he should've used red
       G              G7       C7
But it looked good to Charlene ■ 
C Em      D     G7   
■ In John Deere green


[Verse]
                  G         C    
They settled down on eighty acres
              G                     
Raising sweet corn kids and tomatoes
                                     D    
They went together like a hand and a glove
G                                 C   
■ On a clear day from their front yard
            G                        
If you look and know what to look for
                       D                       C    D
Up to the east you can still read his words of love ■


[Chorus]
Em      D     C     G
In John Deere green ■
     D          C    
On a hot summer night
         Em        D     C        Em
He wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene ■ 
G          D         C   
In letters threefoot high
        Em                      D                 
And the whole town said The boy should've used red
       G              C        C7 C
But it looked good to Charlene ■  ■
Em      D     G    
In John Deere green


[Inst]
G7 C G7 G C G
■  ■ ■  ■ ■ ■


[Verse]
    D                  G                  
Now more than once the town has discovered
C                         G  
Painting over it ain't no use
D                           G                     
There ain't no paint in the world that'll cover it
C                       D      
The heart keeps showing through
F#m     E     D     A
In John Deere green ■


[Chorus]
     E          D    
On a hot summer night
         F#m   E         D       
He wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene
A          E         D   
In letters threefoot high
        F#m                      E                 
And the whole town said The fool should've used red
       A           C#m D       
But it looked good to  Charlene
F#m     E     A    
In John Deere green
D A A7 A E
■ ■ ■  ■ ■


[Solo]
                  E  
Aw paint it green boy
A D A E7 D E
■ ■ ■ ■  ■ ■


[Chorus]
F#m     E     D     A
In John Deere green ■
     E          D    
On a hot summer night
         F#m       E     D        A
He wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene ■
           E         D   
In letters threefoot high


[Outro]
        F#m                     E                 
And the whole town said The boy should've used red
       A           C#m D       
But it looked good to  Charlene
F#m     E     A    
In John Deere green
A7 A A7 A A7
■  ■ ■  ■ ■ 
C          A    
John Deere green


[End]