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And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind

(Neil Diamond)


Copyright Prophet Music Inc.

Original by Neil Diamond in 1968


RCA studio session - February 17-22, 1969 - American Studios - Memphis

 February 18, 1-4 am

XPA5 1267-06


Overdub session for RCA - May 7, 1969 - RCA Studio A - Nashville

 XPA5 1267-06


Overdub session for RCA - May 7, 1969 - RCA Studio A - Nashville

 XPA5 1267-06


Overdub session for RCA - September 26, 1969 - RCA Studio A - Nashville

 XPA5 1267-06 - Vocal repair
November 1969 LP RCA LSP 6020 Back In Memphis
Undubbed rhythm master / alternate vocal take:
October 10, 2001 2001 CD FTD 74321 84216-2 Memphis Sessions
Outtakes:
Takes 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6: December 2012 CD FTD 506020-975050 Elvis Back In Memphis






Listen easy, you can hear God calling
Walking barefoot by the stream
Come unto me, your hair's softly falling
On my face as in a dream
And the time will be our time
And the grass won't pay no mind


Saying nothing, lying where the sun is
Baking down upon our sides
My lips touch you, with their soft wet kisses
Your hands gentle in reply
And the time will be our time
And the grass won't pay no mind


Child, touch my soul with your cries
And the music will know what we've found
I hear a hundred goodbyes
But today I hear only one sound
The moment we're living is now
Now now now now now now now


Young birds flying, and a soft wind blowing
Cools the sweat inside my palms
Close my eyes, hear the flowers growing
As you lay sleeping in my arms
And the time will be our time
And the grass won't pay no mind
No the grass won't pay no mind 






Standard tuning.
    Intro: C#
                 +------ No chord... 6th string second position
                 |    +- No chord... 6th string third position
                 |    |
  C#             F#   G   G#
    Listen easy,               you can hear God calling
  C#        F#              G#       F#   G#
    Walking barefoot by the stream
  C#             F#   G   G#
    Come on to me,             Your hair's softly falling
  C#      F#           G#
    On my face as in a dream
            F#               C#
    And the time will be our time
            F#                 C#
    And the grass won't pay no mind

  C#               F#   G   G#
    Saying nothing,              lying where the sun is
  C#        F#              G#       F#   G#
    Baking down upon our sides
  C#                   F#   G   G#
    My lips touch you,              with their soft wet kisses
  C#           F#        G#
    Your hands gentle in reply
            F#               C#
    And the time will be our time
            F#                 C#      G#
    And the grass won't pay no mind
    C#              F#
    Child, touch my soul with your cries
            G#                         C#
    And the music will know what we've found
    C#        F#
    I, hear a hundred good-byes
        C#                    D#m
    But today I hear only one sound
        C#                     D#m
    The moment we're living is now
    D#m [NC]
    Now now now now now now now
  C#                   F#   G   G#
    Young bird flying,              and a soft wind blowing
  C#          F#              G#       F#   G#
    Cools the sweat inside my palms
  C#               F#   G   G#
    Close my eyes,               hear the flowers growing
  C#           F#             G#
    As you lay sleeping in my arms
            F#               C#
    And the time will be our time
            F#                 C#
    And the grass won't pay no mind
           F#                 C#
    No the grass won't pay no mind