Garden song    (video)

 

    D - G - D     - D - A - D (2x)

 

     D                   G          D   - G                A             D

1. Inch by inch, row by row,        gonna make this garden grow,

G          A              D                               Em                      A

    all it takes is a rake and a hoe and a piece of fertile ground.

    D                     G         D     G              A                D

    Inch by inch, row by row, someone bless these seeds I sow,

G                    A                D                         Em               A            D

    someone warm them from below, 'til the rain comes tumbling down.

 

+  D - G - D     - D - A - D

 

      D                           G           D          G         A            D

2. Pulling weeds and picking stones, man is made of dreams and bones,

G                 A            D                                 Em                     A

    feel the need to grow my own 'cause the time is close at hand.

        D                     G          D     G            A       D

    Grain for grain, sun and rain, find my way in nature's chain,

G                  A      D                             Em     A          D

    tune my body and my brain to the music from the land.

 

+  A - D    - A - D     - A - D

 

        D                        G              D      G            A             D

3. Plant your rows straight and long, temper them with prayer and song,

G                 A             D                                Em                        A

    Mother Earth will make you strong if you give her love and care.

D                                 G     D      G          A            D

    Old crow watching hungrily, from his perch in yonder tree,

G             A         D                          Em              A          D

    in my garden I'm as free as that feathered thief up there.

 

+   D - A      - D - A         +  repeat verse 1

 

+ D - G - D     - D - A - D      - D - A - D - A - D

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (John Denver)