Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 6th
- Difficulty: Beginner
Key: DbDb
♫ Intro:
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
♫ Verse 1:
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G+G Cadd9Cadd9
Seven years alone, his garden is overgrown
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
Where once she grew flowers, its now weeds and overgrown trees
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
Its now weeds and overgrown trees
♫ Verse 2:
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G+G Cadd9Cadd9
He sits on his front porch, with tea made for one
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
He pours a cup, mumbles something soft
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
“Mary, you were my everything, and I miss you, oh how I miss you”
G* Cad99
G* Cadd9Cadd9
♫ Verse 3:
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G+G Cadd9Cadd9
Slow steps to the front gate, he stands there a while
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
Watching the streets, the cars going by
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
All these people, with somewhere to go
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
All these people, and none that he knows
♫ Verse 4:
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G+G Cadd9Cadd9
Sun sets its time to turn in, he turns on his beside lamp
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
Closes his eye, he lets out a sigh
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
With his hand on the pillow where her white hair would flow
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
and his body holds a shape like he was holding her close
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
And he dreams that she comes to him in this dark night
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
And she appears like an angel surrounded with light
♫ Verse 5:
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G+G Cadd9Cadd9
“Henry, my love. You are my one.
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
You are my everything
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
and I miss you, oh how I miss you
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9Cadd9
and I love you, oh how I love you…
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
Now pull up those weeds and trim back those trees
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
plant me some flowers and pour me a tea
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
Henry I’ve never left your dear side
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
for you are my husband and I am your wife
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9Cadd9
for you are my husband and I am your wife
G* Cadd9Cadd9 G* Cadd9Cadd9
Oh Henry, if you ever feel alone
G* Cadd9Cadd9 G* Cadd9Cadd9
Just look to the flowers, the flowers you grow
G* Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
And I’ll be standing by the prettiest rose.”
* Walk up