Dave Evans – Pretty Green Hills chords

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Pretty green hills pretty green hills

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He said take me into them pretty green hills

 

[Verse 1]

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He stood at the crossroads where his bus had left him

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A battered old suitcase sat there by his side

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I saw in the distance a rainstorm was brewing

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I pulled off the highway to give him a ride

 

[Verse 2]

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Well I got out to help him climb into my pickup

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I covered his suitcase with a tarp in the back

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He huffed and he puffed as he got himself settled

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He said I got old and I'm down in my back

 

[Verse 3]

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Well his beard was all white and his face was all wrinkled

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He said I was born here and then he grew still

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I asked him how far he was planning on going

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He said take me into them pretty green hills

 

[Chorus]

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Pretty green hills pretty green hills

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He said take me into them pretty green hills

 

[Verse 4]

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Well he smiled as he sat there and stared out the window

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The corn was knee high and the fields were all green

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He never said much but his face told a story

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I left him alone with his own private dreams

 

[Verse 5]

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Well I kept on driving and he kept on smiling

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We drove up and up through the hills of his youth

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I asked him if he had some kinfolks around there

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He said I don't think so to tell you the truth

 

[Verse 6]

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Well along about dark I was needing a rest stop

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I stopped at a store getting ready to close

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I started to ask him if he needed something

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But he was asleep so I just let him dose

 

[Verse 7]

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I filled up my truck and I found I was hungry

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I bought me some cheese and cold drinks and bread

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Went back to my truck and I shook the old stranger

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But I soon discovered the old man was dead

 

[Verse 8]

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Well I called the sheriff and they took him somewhere

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I had to keep rolling we all have our bills

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A couple weeks later and somebody told me

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They buried him there in them pretty green hills

 

[Chorus]

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Pretty green hills pretty green hills

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They buried him there in them pretty green hills

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