Chords with lyrics
Verse 1
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G A minorAm D MajorD G+G
How many gentle flowers grow in an English country garden
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G A minorAm D MajorD G+G
I'll tell you now of some of them I know and those I miss I'm sure you'll pardon
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Daffodils hearts-ease and flocks meadow sweet and lilies stocks
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Gentle lupins and tall hollyhocks
D MajorD G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G A minorAm D MajorD G+G
Roses fox-gloves snowdrops forget-me-knots in an English country garden
Verse 2
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G A minorAm D MajorD G+G
How many insects find their home in an English country garden
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G A minorAm D MajorD G+G
I'll tell you now of some of them I know, and those I miss I'm sure you'll pardon
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Dragonflies moths and bees spiders falling from the trees
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Butterflies sway in the mild gentle breeze
D MajorD G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G A minorAm D MajorD G+G
There are hedgehogs that roam and little garden gnomes in an English country garden
Verse 3
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G A minorAm D MajorD G+G
How many song-birds make their nest in an English country garden
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G A minorAm D MajorD G+G
I'll tell you now of some of them I know and those I miss I'm sure you'll pardon
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Babbling coo-cooing doves cuckoos and the warbling thrush
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Blue birds lark finch and the nightingale
D MajorD G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G A minorAm D MajorD G+G
We all smile in the spring when the birds all start to sing in an English country garden
Outro
G+G C majorC
Robin don't forget the robin
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Robin don't forget the robin
Irreverent verse and outro add if you wish!
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G A minorAm D MajorD G+G
Wet underfoot and the leaves are thick with soot in an English country garden
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G A minorAm D MajorD G+G
Newspapers torn and strewn across the lawn in an English country garden
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Litter garbage in the yards little doggies' calling cards
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
One scraggy rosebud peering through the weeds
D MajorD G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G A minorAm D MajorD G+G
For they've all downed tools while they do their football pools in an English country garden
G+G C majorC
Market join the Common Market
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Market join the Common Market