Being Green

Chords

Standard

Verse 1:

         C                Cmaj
It's not easy being green
                             C7                  A
Having to spend each day the color of the leaves
                         Dm
When I think it could be nicer
                       G
Being red or yellow or gold
                                     C    B
Or something much more colorful like that

Verse 2:

         C                Cmaj
It's not easy being green
                                         C7              A
It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things
                            Dm
And people tend to pass you over
                                                            G
Because you're not standing out like flashy sparkles in the water
                C   C7
Or stars in the sky

Bridge:

                F               Fm
But green's the color of spring
                          C             C7
And green can be cool and friendly like
                 D
And green can be big like a mountain
Am D
Or important like a river
   F                Fm
Or tall like a tree

Verse 3:

              C                   Cmaj
When green is all that you can be
                  C7
It could make you wonder why
        A
But why wonder, why wonder
    Dm
I'm green, and it'll do fine
     G
It's beautiful
                 C
And I think it's what I wanna be