Green Grass & High Tides Lyrics

Green Grass and High Tides" is a song by the southern rock band The Outlaws. It is the tenth and final track on the band's debut album, Outlaws. The song is one of their best known, and has received extensive play on album-oriented radio stations,[1] although it was never released as a single. The song is notable for having two extended guitar solos that stretch the song to nearly 10 minutes. A cover version of the song is playable in the music video game Rock Band, acting as the final song for the guitar's solo career. It is considered the most difficult guitar song on the main setlist of the game, especially for sections G and I of the second solo [referred to as "zigzags of death"] and the final section M. It is also notable that if the song is played on vocals alone, a shorter version of the song is used which skips the "Intro Slow" section and most of the two solo sections [except from the parts where the tambourine is played]. The Outlaws founding member Henry Paul says this song is not about marijuana, but about rock and roll illuminaries, and the title, he says, was taken from the 1966 "Best Of" collection by the Rolling Stones called High Tide and Green Grass. "Green Grass and High Tides" was the usual show closer for the Outlaws and the 20 minute+ version can be found on the concert album Bring It Back Alive (1978). The song is mentioned in Molly Hatchet's song "Gator Country."