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Emeli Sandé - Garden ft. Jay Electronica, Áine Zion
Capo 4th Fret
Standard Tuning
Produced By Chris Loco
Album Long Live the Angels
[Intro: Áine Zion]
DmI'm not telling you to love what I love.
AmI'm asking you to take time to know what it is that you love and love with. 
AmAnd do what you can not to offend your sensitive soul. 
EmYou've seen Amthings my lips can't confess.
AmNo pain can bear witness to.
AmMy mind can justify.
AmMy memory can wipe
[Verse 1: Emeli Sandé]
DmLet me love, Flet me touch, let me love
DmBaby, give it up, Amlet me drink from the fountain
In the car, Fon the street, in the dark
AmBaby, Dmon the beach, Amin the back of the garden
[Chorus: Emeli Sandé]
DmOooh ooh ooh, AmI'm ready
DmOooh ooh, Amdon't stop
DmOooh ooh ooh, AmI'm ready
DmOooh ooh, Amdon't stop
[Verse 2: Emeli Sandé]
AmYou're in the club, Dmhow you dance, Chow you touch
DmHow you offer up all your Amlove and devotion
Roll it upDm, spark it up, Amlet it burn
DmOn the balcony, and Amwe can fly to the ocean
[Chorus: Emeli Sandé]
DmOooh ooh ooh, AmI'm ready
DmOooh ooh, Amdon't stop
DmOooh ooh ooh, AmI'm ready
DmOooh ooh, Amdon't stop
[Verse 3: Emeli Sandé]
AmYou make it real, Dmmake me feel, make me feel
I'm as strong as steel Amand as tall as the Cmountains
AmTalk is cheap, Dmcan you rescue me?
No place I'd Frather be than the Amback of the garden
[Chorus: Emeli Sandé]
DmOooh ooh ooh, AmI'm ready
DmOooh ooh, Amdon't stop
DmOooh ooh ooh, AmI'm ready
DmOooh ooh, Amdon't stop
[Verse 4: Jay Electronica]
AmOnce upon a time ago
I threw my cautions to the Fwind, my friend
And Amyelled, "Geronimo!"
EmAnd rode the wings of love to Amouter space
F#mBut then I fell a Amthousand miles to Guantanamo
Euphoria to Ftorture
AmI left a note Emthat had a rhyme, it go:
Love is like a Fferris wheel
AmLove is like a Froller coaster
AmLove is at a standstill
CBody after body after body
AmIt's a landfill
FAnd I just caught a body
FIn the lobby and got my hands filled
AmI'm a serial loverC  
AmI set up all the dates
AmThat rang up fate and got my friends k*
I barely knew my dad, Emsometimes I feel like my mother
AmI love that Purple Rain love
AmThat have a fight, that scratch-my-face
That fuck outside and Fride my motorcycle in the rain love
FLove is like a gardenAm, lFove is like a death sentence
FLove is like a pardon, EmI'm Amfree again and ready
Once outside these Cprison walls, to believe again is Fscary
FYour garden is my sanctuary
[Chorus: Emeli Sandé]
AmBack of the garden
DmOooh ooh ooh, AmI'm ready
DmOooh ooh, Amdon't stop
DmOooh ooh ooh, AmI'm ready
DmOooh ooh, Amdon't stop
DmOooh ooh ooh, AmI'm Fready
DmOooh ooh, Amdon't stop
DmOooh ooh ooh, AmI'm Fready
DmOooh ooh, Amdon't stop
[Outro: Áine Zion]
AmBe my confidant, my shoulder, my diary, 
my best friend, my mentor, 
Emmy lover, my teacher, Ammy preacher,
my one and ending, my everything. 
DmFrom the beam of the Amsun to the dim of tDmhe moon.
AmFrom before until always DmI'm yours.
AmSo keep me safe within yourself.
CBow to my throne, 
Amno matter what, 
Dmand I will stand talAml

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Garden

by Emeli Sandé

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

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Emeli Sandé - Garden ft. Jay Electronica, Áine Zion

Capo 4th Fret

Standard Tuning

Produced By Chris Loco

Album Long Live the Angels

[Intro: Áine Zion]

I'm not telling you to love what I love.

I'm asking you to take time to know what it is that you love and love with.

And do what you can not to offend your sensitive soul.

Em Am

You've seen things my lips can't confess.

No pain can bear witness to.

My mind can justify.

My memory can wipe

[Verse 1: Emeli Sandé]

Dm F

Let me love, let me touch, let me love

Dm Am

Baby, give it up, let me drink from the fountain

In the car, on the street, in the dark

Am Dm Am

Baby, on the beach, in the back of the garden

[Chorus: Emeli Sandé]

Dm Am

Oooh ooh ooh, I'm ready

Dm Am

Oooh ooh, don't stop

Dm Am

Oooh ooh ooh, I'm ready

Dm Am

Oooh ooh, don't stop

[Verse 2: Emeli Sandé]

Am Dm C

You're in the club, how you dance, how you touch

Dm Am

How you offer up all your love and devotion

Dm Am

Roll it up, spark it up, let it burn

Dm Am

On the balcony, and we can fly to the ocean

[Chorus: Emeli Sandé]

Dm Am

Oooh ooh ooh, I'm ready

Dm Am

Oooh ooh, don't stop

Dm Am

Oooh ooh ooh, I'm ready

Dm Am

Oooh ooh, don't stop

[Verse 3: Emeli Sandé]

Am Dm

You make it real, make me feel, make me feel

Am C

I'm as strong as steel and as tall as the mountains

Am Dm

Talk is cheap, can you rescue me?

F Am

No place I'd rather be than the back of the garden

[Chorus: Emeli Sandé]

Dm Am

Oooh ooh ooh, I'm ready

Dm Am

Oooh ooh, don't stop

Dm Am

Oooh ooh ooh, I'm ready

Dm Am

Oooh ooh, don't stop

[Verse 4: Jay Electronica]

Once upon a time ago

I threw my cautions to the wind, my friend

And yelled, "Geronimo!"

Em Am

And rode the wings of love to outer space

F#m Am

But then I fell a thousand miles to Guantanamo

Euphoria to torture

Am Em

I left a note that had a rhyme, it go:

Love is like a ferris wheel

Am F

Love is like a roller coaster

Love is at a standstill

Body after body after body

It's a landfill

And I just caught a body

In the lobby and got my hands filled

Am C

I'm a serial lover

I set up all the dates

That rang up fate and got my friends k*

I barely knew my dad, sometimes I feel like my mother

I love that Purple Rain love

That have a fight, that scratch-my-face

That fuck outside and ride my motorcycle in the rain love

F Am F

Love is like a garden, love is like a death sentence

F Em Am

Love is like a pardon, I'm free again and ready

C F

Once outside these prison walls, to believe again is scary

Your garden is my sanctuary

[Chorus: Emeli Sandé]

Back of the garden

Dm Am

Oooh ooh ooh, I'm ready

Dm Am

Oooh ooh, don't stop

Dm Am

Oooh ooh ooh, I'm ready

Dm Am

Oooh ooh, don't stop

Dm Am F

Oooh ooh ooh, I'm ready

Dm Am

Oooh ooh, don't stop

Dm Am F

Oooh ooh ooh, I'm ready

Dm Am

Oooh ooh, don't stop

[Outro: Áine Zion]

Be my confidant, my shoulder, my diary,

my best friend, my mentor,

Em Am

my lover, my teacher, my preacher,

my one and ending, my everything.

Dm Am Dm

From the beam of the sun to the dim of the moon.

Am Dm

From before until always I'm yours.

So keep me safe within yourself.

Bow to my throne,

no matter what,

Dm Am

and I will stand tall

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