Intro: C G E F C Verse: C G Can't you hear your mama talking E F C She told you to hush your idling tongue C G Sit down in your chair boy, E F C Eat your supper, leave your brother alone Lead In: E F D7 G -- I was once, -- just like you E Am G C --I was green and Blue Verse: C G Well my mother told my father one day E F C How much she had loved her life with him C G Then she rose up from her body and she E F C vanished in the blue and green spring. Lead In: E F D7 G --She was once, -- Just like me E Am Em F G C -- Now shes gone into the blue and green. Instrumental: