Green, Green Rocky Road - Folk Blues - Open D Guitar Tuning

Green, Green Rocky Road is a song was written by, Len Chandler? Based on other older traditional songs best I can gather. Dave Van Ronk`s incredible interpretation of the song is the one that became famous. Oscar Isaac played this song exceptionally well for the Coen Brothers movie, Inside Llewyn Davis. The song is usually played in Drop D Tuning. I played it in Open D Tuning on a nylon string guitar that I won at an online goodwill thrift store ebay auction many years ago. I think I paid $30 for it. I like it because of the wide string spacing.Show more

Green, Green Rocky Road Lyrics

[Verse 1]
When I go by Baltimore
Need no carpet on my floor
You come along, follow me
We'll go down to Galilee

[Hook]
Green green rocky road
You promenade in green
Tell me who ya love
Tell me who ya love

[Verse 2]
See that crow up in the sky
He don't walk, he just fly
He don't walk, he don't run
He keep on flapping, til' the sun

[Hook]
Howlin' Green green rocky road
You promenade in green
Tell me who ya love
Tell me who ya love

[Verse 3]
Little Miss Jane you run to wall
Don't you stumble, Don't you fall
Don't you sing, Don't you shout
When I sing you come runnin' out

Howlin' Green green rocky road
You Promenade in green
Tell me who ya love
Tell me who ya love

[Verse 4]
Hooka-dooka soda cracker
Does your mama chew tobacco?
If your mama chews tobacco
Hooka-dooka, hooka-dooka soda cracker, yes

[Hook]
Green green rocky road
You promenade in green
Tell me who ya love
Tell me who ya love

[Verse 5]
When I go by Baltimore
Needin' no carpet on my floor
Ya Come along, follow me
There's a man in Galilee

[Hook]
Howlin' Green green rocky road
You promenade in green
Tell me who ya love
Tell me who ya love