Ten Shades Of Green Song Lyrics and Chords by Bobby Mackey
Ten Shades Of Green
Recorded by Bobby Mackey
Written by Joe Fitzpatrick and Darrell Wayne Perry
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I was so young I
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barely
re
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member
When
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dad told my
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brothers and
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me
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can't make a living dow
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n here anymore
So
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we're moving up north to th
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city
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All daddy
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wanted was a
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good
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give us a
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life he'd neve
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known
But I
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knew in his heart he wasn'
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t
happy
He sure missed our
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old family
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home
Where the
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mountains reach halfway to
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heaven
And the
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air is so sweet and so
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clean
Where the
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wild flowers cover the
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meadows
And the hillsides are
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ten shades of
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green
Now daddy worked
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hard for a
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living
And the
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years finally
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took him
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away
But I
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made up my mind the
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day that he died
My
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life wouldn't end up tha
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way
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So I'm back to headin
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g back to ol
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Kentucky
To
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give my kids a
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life I'd onc
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e
known
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Life's just to short to be
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unhappy
We're going back to m
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y old famil
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y
home
Repeat #3 x2
And the hillsides are
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ten shades of
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green
FAQ
Who sang the the song Ten Shades Of Green?
- The song Ten Shades Of Green was sang by Bobby Mackey.
Who is Bobby Mackey?
- Robert Randall "Bobby" Mackey (born March 25, 1948) is a traditional country music singer whose career has spanned 40 years. His musical style can be described by his loyalty to Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Buck Owens, Conway Twitty and Johnny Paycheck, and is the foundation for his musical success.
Mackey opened Bobby Mackey's Music World in September 1978 in Wilder, KY along the Licking River, next to the same railroad track that he worked in his youth. Bobby Mackey's has been featured on network television shows such as Ghost Hunters, Ghost Adventures, Most Terrifying Places in America, My Ghost Story, and A Haunting. USA Today quotes Zak Bagans of Ghost Adventures as saying Bobby Mackey's is "one of the 10 most haunted places in America."
