Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
G+G C majorC FF C majorC
G+G C majorC FF C majorC
Verse 1:
G+G C majorC
There's a place
FF C majorC
I can get to
G+G C majorC
Where I'm safe
FF C majorC
From the city blues
G+G C majorC
And its green
FF C majorC
And its quiet
G+G C majorC
Only trouble was
FF G+G
I had to buy it
Chorus:
C majorC E minorEm
And I'll do anything I got to do
C majorC E minorEm
Cut my hair and shine my shoes
C majorC E minorEm
And keep on singin' the blues
C majorC
If I can stay here...
G+G C majorC FF C majorC
in Johnny's garden
Interlude:
G+G C majorC FF C majorC
Verse 2:
G+G C majorC
As the swift bird
FF C majorC
Flies over the grasses
G+G C majorC
Dipping now and then
FF C majorC
To take his breakfast
G+G C majorC
Thus I come and go
FF C majorC
And I travel
G+G C majorC
And I can watch that bird
FF G+G
And unravel
Chorus:
C majorC E minorEm
And I'll do anything I got to do
C majorC E minorEm
Cut my hair and shine my shoes
C majorC E minorEm
And keep on singin' the blues
C majorC
If I can stay here...
G+G C majorC FF C majorC
in Johnny's garden
Interlude:
G+G C majorC FF C majorC
Verse 3:
G+G C majorC
With his love
FF C majorC
And his carin'
G+G C majorC
He puts his life
FF C majorC
Into beauty sharin'
G+G C majorC
And his children
FF C majorC
Are his flowers
G+G G+G
And they give me peace In quiet hours
Chorus:
C majorC E minorEm
And I'll do anything I got to do
C majorC E minorEm
Cut my hair and shine my shoes
C majorC E minorEm
And keep on singin' the blues
C majorC
If I can stay here...
G+G C majorC FF C majorC
in Johnny's garden
Outro:
G+G C majorC FF C majorC
G+G C majorC FF C majorC