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KEY OF G
KEY CHANGE A

TIME 332
8 MEASURE

INTR ODUCTION
THEY WERE FARM KIDS
WAY DOWN IN DIXIE

THEY MET
IN HIGH SCHOOL

IN THE SIXTIES
EVERYONE KNEW

IT WAS LOVE
FROM THE START
ONE JULY IN
THE MIDNIGHT HOUR

HE CLIMBED UP

ON THE WATER TOWER
STOOD ON THE RAIL

AND PAINTED
A TEN FOOT HEART
IN JOHN DEERE GREEN
ON A HOT SUMMER NIGHT

HE WROTE

BILLY BOB LOVES
CHARLENE

IN LETTERS
THREE FOOT HIGH
AND THE
WHOLE TOWN SAID

THAT HE

SHOULDA USED RED
BUT IT LOOKED GOOD

TO CHARLENE
IN JOHN DEERE GREEN
THEY SETTLED DOWN
ON EIGHTY ACRES

RAISIN' SWEET CORN

KIDS AND TOMATOS
THEY WENT TOGETHER

LIKE A HAND
IN A GLOVE
ON A CLEAR DAY

FROM THEIR FRONT YARD
IF YOU LOOK AND

KNOW WHAT
TO LOOK FOR

OFF TO THE EAST

YOU CAN STILL READ
HIS WORDS OF LOVE
IN JOHN DEERE GREEN
ON A HOT SUMMER NIGHT

HE WROTE

BILLY BOB LOVES
CHARLENE

IN LETTERS
THREE FOOT HIGH
AND THE
WHOLE TOWN SAID

THAT HE

SHOULDA USED RED
BUT IT LOOKED GOOD

TO CHARLENE
IN JOHN DEERE GREEN
MUSICAL BREAK
6 MEASURES

HcauSe PE'RtY
KarAL kc '

u
NOW MORE THAN ONCE
THE TOWN HAS

DISCOVERED
PAINTIN' OVER IT

AIN'T N0 USE
THERE AIN'T

NO PAINT IN THE WORLD

THAT'LL COVER IT
THE HEART KEEPS

SHOWIN' THROUGH
IN JOHN DEERE GREEN
ON A HOT SUMMER NIGHT

HE WROTE

BILLY BOB LOVES
CHARLENE

IN LETTERS
THREE FOOT HIGH
AND THE
WHOLE TOWN SAID

THE FOOL

SHOULD'VE USED RED
BUT IT LOOKED GOOD

TO CHARLENE
IN JOHN DEERE GREEN
MUSICAL BREAK
6 MEASURES

HcauSe PE'RtY
KarAL kc '

u
JOHN DEERE GREEN
WRITTEN BY
DENNIS LINDE

COPYRIGHT

EMI BLACKW'OOD MUSIC INC.

JILL RIGHTS RESERVE DY
USED BYPERMISSIONV
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Title
John Deere Green
Artist
Joe Diffie
Brand
Compass Productions
(14 Other Versions)
Code
HPK601-1-09
Genres
country, country road, country rock, oklahoma country, contemporary country, classic oklahoma country