Garden Song chords by Arlo Guthrie

Intro
G//C/G//C//G//C//G/Em//A//D//

[Chorus]

G       C   G
Inch by inch, row by row,
C        G
Gonna make this garden grow.
C       G  G/F# Em
Gonna mulch it deep and low,
   A        D
Gonna make it fertile ground.
G       C   G
Inch by inch, row by row,
C         G
Please bless these seeds I sow.
C        G  G/F# Em
Please keep them safe below
     A      D    G
'Til the rain comes tumbling down.

G         C    G
Pullin' weeds and pickin' stones,
C        G
We are made of dreams and bones
C      G  G/F# Em
Need spot to call my own
     A    D
Cause the time is close at hand.
G        C    G
Grain for grain, sun and rain
C          G
I'll find my way in nature's chain
C      G G/F# Em
Tune my body and my brain
    A   D   G
To the music of the land.

[Chorus]
G        C      G
Plant your rows straight and long,
C         G
Season them with a prayer and song
C         G  G/F# Em
Mother earth will keep you strong
    A     D
If you give her love and care.
G         C   G
Old crow watching from a tree
C       G
Has his hungry eye on me
C      G G/F# Em
In my garden I'm as free
    A     D    G
As that feathered thief up there.

[Chorus 2x]