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The Garden by Joshua James
The Garden
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
Em
[Verse]
Em G D
It's late July, crowds roll by your town.
Em
Your garden is grown.
G
Blackbird is seen, from the highest tree,
D Em
Of the stone-bridge leads to the road.
C G
Your daddy is cryin', 'cause mother, she's dyin',
D Em
Ain't no cancer, that eats at your soul,
C G
And I'm off to the war, to make damn sure
D Em
They don't come 'round here, no more.
[Verse]
Em G
Daddy, all right, tells our mother tonight,
D Em
"I'm just a garden that grows on the lawn."
Em G
The sweet breeze don't blow, like it does back home.
D Em
'Cause we're ain't nothin' but bastards and boys.
C G
Son now, all right, your mother died here tonight,
D Em
In the garden, the blackbird does fly.
C G
Spoke of Ohio, a cold, breezy dawn,
D Em
And a son that's fightin' in the war.
[Harmonica Solo]
Em G D Em
Em G D Em
C G D Em
C G D Em
[Verse]
Em G
Ain't no exit I see, from this black where I breathe
D Em
And the garden, is a thousand miles gone.
Em G
Mother just died, with a heart dark as mine,
D Em
Of the stone-bridge, leads to the road.
C G
Daddy's done cryin', 'cause mother's done dyin'.
D Em
Oh, the cancer, has eaten her whole.
C G
But I'm stuck in this war, to make damn sure
D D
They don't come, they don't come...
C G
Where the blackbird sang and now lives at her grave.
D Em
And the garden has grown itself dry.
C G
If I ever get home, from this terror I've known,
D D
Go to the garden, go to the garden,
Em
And I'll wait there to die.
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