Chords for Tom Paxton - Whose Garden Was This? (Live 1971)
Tempo:
97.65 bpm
Chords used:
G
Em
Bm
C
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
This is a song for the planet Earth, which needs all the songs it can [G] get.
[Bm] [A]
[Em] [G] [Bm]
[Am] [Em] [G] Whose garden was this?
[C] It must [Am] have been lovely.
[D] Did it have flowers?
I've seen [Bm] pictures of flowers.
[C] And I'd love to [Em] have smelled one.
[G] Whose river was this?
They say it [Am] ran freely.
[D] Blue was its color.
[Bm] I've seen blue in some pictures.
[C] And you tell me you've [Em] been there.
[G] Ah, tell me again, I need to know.
[C] The forest [Am] had trees.
[D] The meadows were green.
[Em] The oceans were blue [D] when birds really flew.
Can you swear [E] that was [Em] true?
[G]
[Bm] [Am]
[Em] [G] Whose gray sky was this?
[C] Oh, was it a [Am] blue one?
[D]
Nights there were breezes.
[G] [Bm] I've heard records of breezes.
[C] And you tell me you've [Em] felt one.
[G] Ah, tell me again, I need to know.
[C] The forest had [D] trees.
The meadows were green.
[Em] The oceans were blue [D] when birds really flew.
Can you swear [Em] that was true?
[G]
[Bm] [Am]
[E] [G] Whose garden was this?
[C] It must [Am] have been lovely.
[D] Did it have flowers?
I've [Bm] seen pictures of flowers.
[C] And I'd love [Em] to smell one.
[Bm] [E] [N]
[Bm] [A]
[Em] [G] [Bm]
[Am] [Em] [G] Whose garden was this?
[C] It must [Am] have been lovely.
[D] Did it have flowers?
I've seen [Bm] pictures of flowers.
[C] And I'd love to [Em] have smelled one.
[G] Whose river was this?
They say it [Am] ran freely.
[D] Blue was its color.
[Bm] I've seen blue in some pictures.
[C] And you tell me you've [Em] been there.
[G] Ah, tell me again, I need to know.
[C] The forest [Am] had trees.
[D] The meadows were green.
[Em] The oceans were blue [D] when birds really flew.
Can you swear [E] that was [Em] true?
[G]
[Bm] [Am]
[Em] [G] Whose gray sky was this?
[C] Oh, was it a [Am] blue one?
[D]
Nights there were breezes.
[G] [Bm] I've heard records of breezes.
[C] And you tell me you've [Em] felt one.
[G] Ah, tell me again, I need to know.
[C] The forest had [D] trees.
The meadows were green.
[Em] The oceans were blue [D] when birds really flew.
Can you swear [Em] that was true?
[G]
[Bm] [Am]
[E] [G] Whose garden was this?
[C] It must [Am] have been lovely.
[D] Did it have flowers?
I've [Bm] seen pictures of flowers.
[C] And I'd love [Em] to smell one.
[Bm] [E] [N]
Key:
G
Em
Bm
C
Am
G
Em
Bm
This is a song for the planet Earth, which needs all the songs it can [G] get.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] Whose garden was this?
[C] It must [Am] have been lovely.
_ _ [D] Did it have flowers?
I've seen [Bm] pictures of flowers.
_ [C] And I'd love to [Em] have smelled one.
_ _ [G] Whose river was this?
_ They say it [Am] ran freely. _ _
[D] Blue was its color.
_ [Bm] I've seen blue in some pictures.
_ [C] And you tell me you've [Em] been there.
[G] Ah, tell me again, I need to know.
[C] The forest [Am] had trees.
[D] The meadows were green.
[Em] The oceans were blue [D] when birds really flew. _
Can you swear [E] that was [Em] true?
_ [G] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [G] Whose gray sky was this?
[C] Oh, was it a [Am] blue one?
[D] _
Nights there were breezes.
_ [G] _ [Bm] I've heard records of breezes.
_ [C] And you tell me you've [Em] felt one. _
[G] Ah, tell me again, I need to know.
[C] The forest had [D] trees.
The meadows were green.
[Em] The oceans were blue [D] when birds really flew. _
Can you swear [Em] that was true?
_ _ [G] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [G] Whose garden was this? _
[C] It must [Am] have been lovely. _ _
[D] Did it have flowers?
I've [Bm] seen pictures of flowers.
_ [C] And I'd love [Em] to smell one.
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] Whose garden was this?
[C] It must [Am] have been lovely.
_ _ [D] Did it have flowers?
I've seen [Bm] pictures of flowers.
_ [C] And I'd love to [Em] have smelled one.
_ _ [G] Whose river was this?
_ They say it [Am] ran freely. _ _
[D] Blue was its color.
_ [Bm] I've seen blue in some pictures.
_ [C] And you tell me you've [Em] been there.
[G] Ah, tell me again, I need to know.
[C] The forest [Am] had trees.
[D] The meadows were green.
[Em] The oceans were blue [D] when birds really flew. _
Can you swear [E] that was [Em] true?
_ [G] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [G] Whose gray sky was this?
[C] Oh, was it a [Am] blue one?
[D] _
Nights there were breezes.
_ [G] _ [Bm] I've heard records of breezes.
_ [C] And you tell me you've [Em] felt one. _
[G] Ah, tell me again, I need to know.
[C] The forest had [D] trees.
The meadows were green.
[Em] The oceans were blue [D] when birds really flew. _
Can you swear [Em] that was true?
_ _ [G] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [G] Whose garden was this? _
[C] It must [Am] have been lovely. _ _
[D] Did it have flowers?
I've [Bm] seen pictures of flowers.
_ [C] And I'd love [Em] to smell one.
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _