{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":873178,"song":"Empty Garden","artist":"Elton John","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/873178-empty-garden-chords-by-elton-john/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/873178?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":378,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhat happened here? As the New York sunset disappeared[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI found an Empty Garden, among the flagstones there[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWho lived here?  He must have been a gardener that cared a lot[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwho weeded out the tears and grew a good crop[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNow it all looks strange[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's funny how one insect can damage so much grain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd what's it for, this little Empty Garden by the brownstone door[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand in the cracks along the sidewalk[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nnothing grows no more[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWho lived here?  He must have been gardener that cared a lot[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwho weeded out the tears and grew a good crop[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nand we are so amazed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwe're crippled and we're dazed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA gardener like that one, no one can replace[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I've been knockin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut no one answers[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I've been knockin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nmost all the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh, and I've been callin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\noh, hey, hey Johnny[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\ncan't you come out to play?[/tab]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd through their tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nsome say he farmed his best in younger years[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nbut he'd have said that roots grow stronger[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIf only he could hear[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWho lived there?  He must have been a gardener that cared a lot[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]A[/ch]    \r\nwho weeded out the tears and grew good crop[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNow we pray for rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with every drop that pours[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwe hear, we hear your name[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I've been knockin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut no one answers[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I've been knockin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nmost all the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\noh, and I've been calling[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\noh, hey, hey Johnny[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\ncan't you come out,       to play[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I've been knockin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut no one answers[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I've been knockin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nmost all the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\noh, and I've been calling[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\noh, hey, hey Johnny[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\ncan't you come out, can't you come out to play[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJohnny, can't you come out to play in your Empty Garden[/tab]\r\n(repeat)","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n(repeat)","chords":["G","D","A","Bm","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}