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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
G C F C
G C F C
Verse 1:
G C
There's a place
F C
I can get to
G C
Where I'm safe
F C
From the city blues
G C
And its green
F C
And its quiet
G C
Only trouble was
F G
I had to buy it
Chorus:
C Em
And I'll do anything I got to do
C Em
Cut my hair and shine my shoes
C Em
And keep on singin' the blues
C
If I can stay here...
G C F C
in Johnny's garden
Interlude:
G C F C
Verse 2:
G C
As the swift bird
F C
Flies over the grasses
G C
Dipping now and then
F C
To take his breakfast
G C
Thus I come and go
F C
And I travel
G C
And I can watch that bird
F G
And unravel
Chorus:
C Em
And I'll do anything I got to do
C Em
Cut my hair and shine my shoes
C Em
And keep on singin' the blues
C
If I can stay here...
G C F C
in Johnny's garden
Interlude:
G C F C
Verse 3:
G C
With his love
F C
And his carin'
G C
He puts his life
F C
Into beauty sharin'
G C
And his children
F C
Are his flowers
G G
And they give me peace In quiet hours
Chorus:
C Em
And I'll do anything I got to do
C Em
Cut my hair and shine my shoes
C Em
And keep on singin' the blues
C
If I can stay here...
G C F C
in Johnny's garden
Outro:
G C F C
G C F C
Song History
Last Updated: September 10, 2025