Chords with lyrics
Verse:
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And they seem to know each other very well
E MajorE BB G# minorG#m F#F# BB E MajorE
They speak across the garden and not a soul could tell
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They can read the summer sky and they can hear the back brook swell
E MajorE BB F#F# BB
And they seem to know each other very well
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And they drive up north on sunday afternoons
E MajorE BB G# minorG#m F#F# BB E MajorE
And he buys her wooden windmills and whales and quarter moons
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She feeds the birds all winter and she knows them by their tunes
E MajorE BB F#F# BB
And they drive up north on sunday afternoons
Chorus:
G# minorG#m F# minorF#m BB C# minorC#m BB F#F#
And all summer long, they make the garden grow
BB F#F# E MajorE
Keep the green so strong
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Oh, wish them well, for standing on their own
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And they buried their old dog in their backyard
E MajorE BB G# minorG#m F#F# BB E MajorE
With a fence and plastic roses And St. Francis standing guard
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She speaks of him quite often to this day she takes it hard
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And they buried their old dog in their backyard
E MajorE BB F#F#
She brings me plants and flowers all the time
E MajorE BB G# minorG#m F#F# BB E MajorE
And we dig the holes together she has to help with mine
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When she pats the soil around them oh my god, her eyes can shine
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She brings me plants and flowers all the time
Chorus:
G# minorG#m F# minorF#m BB C# minorC#m BB F#F#
And all summer long, they make the garden grow
BB F#F# E MajorE
Keep the green so strong
G# minorG#m F# minorF#m BB C# minorC#m BB F#F#
Oh, wish them well, for standing on their own
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E MajorE BB F#F#
And they speak about their lives as almost gone
E MajorE BB G# minorG#m F#F# BB E MajorE
Waiting for the sunset from an old and distant dawn
E MajorE F#F# BB E MajorE
Selling off the land except the part they're living on
E MajorE BB F#F# BB
And they speak of their lives as almost gone
E MajorE BB F#F#
And they seem to know each other very well
E MajorE BB G# minorG#m F#F# BB E MajorE
They speak across the garden and not a soul could tell
E MajorE F#F# BB E MajorE
They can read the summer sky and they can hear the back brook swell
E MajorE BB F#F# BB