
Empty Garden
Elton John
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Tom : E
A/E
What happened here
E
As the New York sunset disappeared
B7
I found an empty garden
C#m
Among the flagstones there
A/E
Who lived here
E
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
B7
Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop
C#m
And now it all looks strange
B/A A
It's funny how one in..sect
B7 E
Can damage, so much grain
A/E
And what's it for
E
This little empty garden by the brownstone door
B7
And in the cracks along the sidewalk
C#m
Nothing grows no more
A/E
Who lived here
E
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
B7
Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop
C#m
And we are so amazed
B/A A
We're crippled and we're dazed
B7
A gardener like that one
E
No one can replace
E/G# A
[Refrão]
And I've been knocking
E
But no one answers
E/G# A
And I've been knocking
C#m G#m C#m
Most all the day
[Refrão]
F#m
Oh and I've been calling
[Próxima Parte]
C#m
Oh hey hey Johnny
A B E
Can't you come o...ut to play
A/E
And through their tears
E
Some say he farmed his best in younger years
B7
But he'd have said that roots grow stronger
C#m
If only he could hear
A/E
Who lived there
E
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
B7
Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop
C#m
Now we pray for rain
B/A A
And with every drop that falls
B E
We hear, we hear your name
E/G# A
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
C#m
Oh hey hey Johnny
A
Can't you come out
B E
Can't you come out to play
F#m
Johnny
A B
Can't you come out to play
E
In your empty garden
F#m
Garden
A B
Can't you come out to play
E
In your empty garden
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