Capo on 1st fret, chords relative to the capo



Verse 1

Bm         Em

Out in the country,

A        D                G            Em

Far from all the soot and noise of the city,

F#                Bm

There's a village green.





Verse 2

Bm               Em

It's been a long time

A       D                    G               Em

Since I last set eyes on the church with the steeple

F#            Bm

Down by the village green.



Verse 3

Bm          Em

Fa la la la la

A     D                         G  

'Twas there I met a girl called Daisy

    F#                Bm

And kissed her by the old oak tree.





Verse 4

Bm          Em

Fa la la la la

A          D               G

Although I loved my Daisy, I saw fame,

F#                Bm        

And so I left the village green.





Chorus

Em         Em/Eb         Em/D

I miss the village green,

            Em6

And all the simple people.

Bm         Bm/Bb         Bm/A

I miss the village green,

                Bm/G#

The church, the clock, the steeple.

C#                      F#

I miss the morning dew, fresh air and Sunday school.



Verse 5

And now all the houses

Are rare antiquities.

American tourists flock to see the village green.



Verse 6

Fa la la la la

They snap their photographs and say "Gawd darn it,

Isn't it a pretty scene?"



Verse 7

Fa la la la la

And Daisy's married Tom the grocer boy,

And now he owns a grocery.





Chorus

I miss the village green,

And all the simple people.

I miss the village green,

The church, the clock, the steeple.

I miss the morning dew, fresh air and Sunday school.



Verse 8

And I will return there,

And I'll and Daisy,

And we'll sip tea, laugh,

And talk about the village green.



Outro

G       Em        F#7                     Bm

We will laugh and talk about the village green.