Empty Garden Chords by Elton John

[A] _ _ _ _ But half an year, _ as the New York sunset [E] _
disappeared,
_ I found an empty [B] _
garden _ among the [C#m] flagstones there.
_ _ _ Who _ [A] _
lived here?
He must have been a [E] gardener that cared a lot,
Weeded out the tears and [B] grew a good crop.
_ Now it all looks [C#m] _
strange.
It's funny how [B]
an [A] insect _ can _ _ [B]
damage _ _ so much [E]
grain.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] And what's it for?
This little empty garden [E] by the brownstone door,
And in the cracks [B] along the _ _ sidewall, nothing grows [C#m] no more.
_ _ Who _ [A] _
lived here?
He must have been a [E] gardener that cared a lot,
Weeded out the tears [B] and grew a good crop.
And we are so [C#m]
amazed.
_ We're crippled [B] as [A] _ _ _ a gardener [B] like that one, no one can [E]
replace.
_ _ _ And I've [A] been knocking, _ _ but no [E] one answers.
_ _ And I've [A] been _ knocking _ _ most of [C#m] the day,
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
Calling, _ _ _ _ [C#m] hey Johnny, _ _ _ can't you [A] come out _ [B] _ _ _ [E] to play? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] And through their tears, some say he farmed his [E] best in younger years,
But he'd have said that [B] roots grow stronger if only he [C#m] could hear.
_ _ Who _ [A] _
lived there?
He must have been a [E] gardener that cared a lot,
Weeded out the tears [B] and grew a good crop.
And now it's rain [C#m] for rain, and with every drop [A] that _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] we hear, _ _ _ we hear [E] your name.
_ _ And I've [A] been knocking, _ _ _ but no [E] one _ _ answers.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] Hey Johnny, _ _ _ can't you [A] come out _ [B] _ _ _ [E] to play?
_ _ _ And [A] I've been knocking, _ _ _ but no [E] one _ answers.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ Hey Johnny, _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ can't you [A] come out _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] to play?
_ _ [F#m] Johnny, _ _ [A]
can't you come out [B] to play in your [E] empty garden?
_ _ [F#m] Johnny, _ _ [A]
can't you come out [B] to play in your [E] empty garden?
_ _ [F#m] Johnny, _ _ [A]
can't you come out [B] to play in your [E] empty garden?
_ _ [F#m] Johnny, _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] can't you come out to play?
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _
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