Empty Garden ! (Elton John) ! David Waller has submitted this song already, with a specific reguest for ! an update. Trish Leblanc has supplied the complete lyrics. The following is ! in the key of E, the same as EJ's performance. > A What happened here > E As the New York sunset disappeared > B C#m I found an empty garden among the flagstones there > A Who lived here > E He must have been a gardener that cared a lot > B Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop > C#m And now it all looks strange > B/AA B E It's funny how one in- sect can damage so much grain > A And what's it for > E This little empty garden by the brownstone door > B > C#m And in the cracks along the sidewalk nothing grows no more > A Who lived here > E He must have been a gardener that cared a lot > B Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop > C#mB/A A And we are so amazed we're crippled and we're dazed > BE A gardener like that one no one can replace > A E And I've been knocking but no one answers > AC#m (G#m C#m) And I've been knocking most all the day > F#mC#m Oh and I've been calling oh hey hey Johnny > A B E Can't you come out to play > A And through their tears > E Some say he farmed his best in younger years > B > C#m But he'd have said that roots grow stronger if only he could hear > A Who lived there > E He must have been a gardener that cared a lot > B Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop > C#m B/A A Now we pray for rain, and with every drop that falls > B E We hear, we hear your name ! REPEAT CHORUS TWICE > F#m A B E Johnny, can't you come out to play in your empty garden ! (repeat last line and f |
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