The chords are generally played with a bass line playing the tonic note and the note a fourth down on 1 and 3. The Fm chord is started by sliding up to the 8th fret on the A string. Enjoy. Intro: Cm Cm Verse:

Lay your head where my heart u^Fmsed to be ^GHold the e^Cmarth above me

^AbLay down in the green grass ^GRemembe^Cmr when you loved me

Come cl^Fmoser don't be shy ^GStand beneath a ^Cmrainy sky

^AbThe moon is over the rise ^GThink of ^Cmme as a train goes by

Clear t^Fmhe thistles and brambles ^GWhistle 'Did^Cmn't He Ramble'

^AbNow there's a bubble of me ^GAnd it's floati^Cmng in thee

Middle Section:

^FmStand in ^Bbthe shade of me ^EbThings are now made of me

^AbThe weather vane will say... ^GIt smells like rain today

Verse

God took^Fm the stars and he tossed 'em ^GCan't tell th^Cme birds from the blossoms

^AbYou'll never be free of me ^GHe'll make ^Cma tree from me

Don't say^Fm good bye to me ^GDescribe t^Cmhe sky to me

^AbAnd if the sk^Gy falls, mark my words ^CmWe'll catch mocking birds

Interlude (With Whistling): Fm G Cm Ab Ab G Cm Last Verse:

Lay your h^Fmead where my heart used to be ^GHold the ear^Cmth above me

^AbLay down in the green grass ^GRemember when^Cm you loved m^Cme

Tom Waits - Green grass