Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Monument in Green
Words and Music by Todd Park Mohr



-INTRO-
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   F9maj7

-VERSE-
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Well I rode the green across this country.
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Horses lived and died to take me
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Men I killed to help me get there, further west I died to take me.
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Blackened face and dirty laundry.
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Many days since I have eaten.
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Found myself a family.

Broke my back so I could feed them.

-CHORUS-
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High in the wind.
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Standing in the sun.
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We're gonna' raise up the heavens.
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With a shovel and a gun.
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I was so much younger then.
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I would never ever listen.
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I am so much older now.
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I thought that things would end up different.
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Farewell, lover in green.

-VERSE-
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Elizabeth she is my lady.
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Says the prayers and does the learnin'.
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Waking up all the children.

Making love in early morning.
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We took to building up the cities.
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We built the churches in our cities.
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Happy in the green country.

And in the green they buried me.

-REPEAT CHORUS-

-BRIDGE-
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Oh. She sang hymns that made me cry.
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Oh. She danced so tender.
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As I held you in the green.
*Bridge ends with a flurry of notes I do not know.
-INTRO CHORDS WITH HARMONICA IN C-
-SPOKEN VERSE-
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Well I'm dead now.
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My wife Elizabeth is at my side.
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I've got children all around me.
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I've got grandchildren.
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I've got great grandchildren.
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I've got great great grandchildren.
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Too many for me to remember.
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Maybe one of them is you?

-CHORUS-

-chords-   C     C7    F9    G     Am
0      0      0      3      0
3      3      0      2      0
2      2      3      0      2
0      0      2      0      2
1      3      1      3      1
0      0      3      3      0