Count:
32
Wall:
4
Level:
High Beginner
Music:
Forty Shades of Green - Rosanne Cash : (Album: Transatlantic Sessions Series 2 Vol 2 - Amazon, iTunes)
"Forty Shades of Green" is a song about Ireland, written and first performed by Johnny Cash while on a trip to Ireland in1959. Cash once recalled performing the song in Ireland and being told by an old man afterwards that it must have been an old Irish folk tune!
"Forty Shades of Green" has since been recorded by many other artists and although some versions are unsuitable to dance to because of the phasing the version by his daughter Rosanne Cash is an excellent and lasting tribute to her father.
#20 count intro, start on lyrics. One easy restart on wall 5
Sec 1 CROSS ROCK, CHASSE RIGHT, CROSS ROCK, CHASSE ¼ TURN
1-2Cross rock forward on right, recover onto left
3&4Step right to right side, step left beside right, step right to right side
5-6Cross rock forward on left, recover onto right
7&8Step left to left side, step right beside left, turn ¼ left stepping forward on left (9.00)
Sec 2 FORWARD ROCK, SHUFFLE BACK ½ TURN (x2), BACK ROCK
1-2Rock forward right, recover onto left
3&4Shuffle ½ turn right, stepping - R L R (3.00)
5&6Shuffle ½ turn right, stepping – L R L (9.00)
7-8Rock back on right, recover onto left
(Restart here on wall 5, you will be facing 9.00)
Sec 3 JAZZ BOX ¼ TURN, CROSS, SIDE ROCK, BEHIND, SIDE
1-2Cross right over left, turn ¼ right stepping back on left (12.00)
3-4Step right to right side, cross left over right
5-6Rock to right side on right, recover onto left
7-8Cross right behind left, step left to left side
Sec 4 FORWARD ROCK, SHUFFLE ½ TURN, FORWARD ROCK, ¼ TURN, HOLD
1-2Rock forward on right, recover onto left
3-4Shuffle ½ turn right, stepping - R L R (6.00)
5-6Rock forward on left, recover onto right
7&8Turn ¼ left stepping left to left side, hold (3.00)
Begin again
"Forty Shades of Green" has since been recorded by many other artists and although some versions are unsuitable to dance to because of the phasing the version by his daughter Rosanne Cash is an excellent and lasting tribute to her father.
#20 count intro, start on lyrics. One easy restart on wall 5
Sec 1 CROSS ROCK, CHASSE RIGHT, CROSS ROCK, CHASSE ¼ TURN
1-2Cross rock forward on right, recover onto left
3&4Step right to right side, step left beside right, step right to right side
5-6Cross rock forward on left, recover onto right
7&8Step left to left side, step right beside left, turn ¼ left stepping forward on left (9.00)
Sec 2 FORWARD ROCK, SHUFFLE BACK ½ TURN (x2), BACK ROCK
1-2Rock forward right, recover onto left
3&4Shuffle ½ turn right, stepping - R L R (3.00)
5&6Shuffle ½ turn right, stepping – L R L (9.00)
7-8Rock back on right, recover onto left
(Restart here on wall 5, you will be facing 9.00)
Sec 3 JAZZ BOX ¼ TURN, CROSS, SIDE ROCK, BEHIND, SIDE
1-2Cross right over left, turn ¼ right stepping back on left (12.00)
3-4Step right to right side, cross left over right
5-6Rock to right side on right, recover onto left
7-8Cross right behind left, step left to left side
Sec 4 FORWARD ROCK, SHUFFLE ½ TURN, FORWARD ROCK, ¼ TURN, HOLD
1-2Rock forward on right, recover onto left
3-4Shuffle ½ turn right, stepping - R L R (6.00)
5-6Rock forward on left, recover onto right
7&8Turn ¼ left stepping left to left side, hold (3.00)
Begin again
