Chords for The Girl in the Garden ~ S J Tucker

_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] As clear [Am] as tattoos [Dm] on your eyes
[Am] _ The story [E] not heard in the bright palace light
Can only [Am] be told as a secret of night
[Bb] The girl [Am] in the garden [Dm] and I
_ From [D] a knife to a lantern [Dm] and [G] back, back [Dm] again
She closes [Am] her eyes [Dm] and weeps _ [A] wonders
They [A] hang in the air, hold [Dm] my breath like a [Bb] hunter
The girl [Am] in the garden [Dm] and I
_ _ _ [Bb] Oh [C] la la la [Dm] la la la
_ _ [Bb] Oh [Am] la la [D] la la la la
[Dm] _
[Bb] Ah la la [Am] la la la la [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] la
Ah ah ah
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] The stars in [Am] their courses [Dm] will run
_ [Am] _
_ [D] And bring their hearts with words [Dm] to _ hear her
The boughs of the fruit trees bend near her
[Bb] To the girl in [Am] the garden, _ oh _
_ [Bb] La [Am] la la la la [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] la
La [C] la la la [Dm] la la la
_ _ _ _ [Bb]
La la [Am] la la la _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[D] la la
The fear holds us both [Dm] in its hand
[Am] _ _ [D] With every tale by my [C] ear [D] it comes nearer [Am] the shore
[Dm] Though we both dread the day [D] when the words fall away
_ _ [Bb] And a demon will judge [Dm] her
_ _ _ [Bb] And I fear that my dear will be [Dm] gone _
_ [Bb] Shed a tear for [A] the girl [Dm] in the garden
_ _ [Bb] For all [A] of her [D] years in [Dm] the garden
_ _ _ [Bb] _
Girl [Am] in the garden [D] and [Am] I
As _ [A] _ clear _ _ [G] _
[D] _ as tattoos [Dm] on your eyes _
[Am] _ _ [D] As clear [Am] as tattoos [A] on your _ eyes
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _
Ah [Dm] ah ah
Ah [A] ah ah
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