Empty Garden

Elton John

Tom: E

Tom :E
 
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/A A           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#m                                         B/A  A
And we are so amazed we're crippled and we're dazed
            B                          E
A gardener like that one no one can replace
Chorus:
         A                            E
And I've been knocking but no one answers
         A                           C#m  (G#m  C#m)
And I've been knocking most all the day
            F#m                       C#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
**Chorus Twice
F#m     A               B                           E
Johnny, can't you come out to play in your empty garden
(Repeat Last Line And Fade)