{"id":352,"date":"2021-05-10T03:19:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T03:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=352"},"modified":"2026-03-13T22:18:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:18:50","slug":"green-fields-once-there-were","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/green-fields-once-there-were\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Fields, Once there Were&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">by Brothers Four &#8211; Key of A\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69ea616ef24a71020696595' value='69ea616ef24a71020696595'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69ea616ef24a71020696595' value='Show More'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69ea616ef24a71020696595' value='Show Less'><button id='bg-showmore-action-69ea616ef24a71020696595' class='bg-showmore-plg-button bg-orange-button  '   style=\" color:#4a4949;\">Show More<\/button><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69ea616ef24a71020696595' ><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16pt\">Greenfields was the second hit of Brothers Four.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: 16pt\">It was released in January 1960, hit #2 on the pop charts, and sold over one million copies.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PICK FIRST FOUR STRINGS FOR CHORDS Am\u00a0 Dm\u00a0 Am\u00a0 E\u00a0 TO SET THE TEMPO<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>[Am] Once there were [Dm] green fields, [Am] kissed by the [E] sun. [Am] Once there were [Dm] valleys, where [Am] rivers used to [G] run.\u00a0 &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;\u00a0 [F] Once there were [G] blue skies with [C] white clouds high [Am] above. [Dm] Once they were [G] part of an [C] everlasting [E] love.\u00a0 &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;\u00a0 [Am] We were the [Dm] lovers who [Am] strolled [E] through green [Am] fields. [Dm] [Am] [E]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>[Am] Green fields are [Dm] gone now, [Am] parched by the [E] sun. [Am] Gone from the [Dm] valleys, where [Am] rivers used to [G] run. &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;\u00a0 [F] Gone with the [G] cold wind, that [C] swept into my heart. [Am] [Dm ] Gone with the [G] lovers, who [C] let their dreams [E] depart. &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;\u00a0 [Am] Where are the [Dm] green fields, that [Am] we [E] used to [Am] know [Dm] [Am]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 900; font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>[F] I&#8217;ll never know what, made you [G] run [C] away [F] How can I keep searching when dark clouds [G] hide the [C] day.\u00a0 &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 900; font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>[Am] I only [Dm] know there&#8217;s, [Am] nothing here for [Dm] me. [Am] Nothing in this [Dm] wide world, [Am] left for me to [E] see.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 900; font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>[Am] Still I&#8217;ll keep on [Dm] waiting, [Am] until you [E] return. [Am] I&#8217;ll keep on [Dm] waiting, until [Am] the day you [G] learn. &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;\u00a0 [F] You can&#8217;t be [G] happy, while [C] your heart&#8217;s on the [Am] roam, [Dm] You can&#8217;t be [G] happy until [Dm] you bring it [E] home. &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 900; font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>[Am] Home to the [Dm] green fields, and [Am] me [E] once [Am] again.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>[Dm Am]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Brothers Four &#8211; Key of A\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &nbsp; PICK FIRST FOUR STRINGS FOR CHORDS Am\u00a0 Dm\u00a0 Am\u00a0 E\u00a0 TO SET THE TEMPO [Am] Once there were [Dm] green fields, [Am] kissed by the [E] sun. 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