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JOHNNY'S GARDEN - Stephen Stills and Manassas
G5  C/G  G7sus  C/G  G5  C/G  G7sus  C/G
There's a pG5lace  C/GI G7suscan get toC/G  
Where I'm sG5afe  C/Gfrom the G7suscity bluesC/G  
And it's gG5reen  C/Gand it's G7susquietC/G  G5  
OC/Gnly trouble was I had G7susto buy itC/G  
CHORUS:
And I'll do aCnything  Csus2I   C6+9got  Csus2to     CdEmoEm7  
CCut my   Csus2hair     C6+9    Csus2and  CsEmhine my shoes
Em7And kCeep on   Csus2singC6+9in'   Csus2the  CblEmues
       Em7        Criff                  G5   C/G   G7sus  C/G  
If I can stay here     in Johnny's garden
As the swift bird flies over the grasses
Dipping now and then to take his breakfast
Thus I come and go and I travel
But I can watch that bird and unravel ...CHORUS
With his love and his sharing
He puts his life into beauty sharing
And his children are his flowers
And they give me peace in quiet hours ...CHORUS
CHORDS:
    G5   C/G   G7sus   Csus2      C6+9RIFF:
e|-3---3----3-----0-----0--   -------------------|
B|-3---1----3-----1-----1--   -1-----------1--1--|
G|-0---0----0-----0-----2--   -0------0h2--2--0--|
D|-0---3----3-----0-----0--   -2--0h2------------|
A|-x---x----x-----3-----3--   -3-----------------|
E|-3---3----3--------------   -------------------|

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Johnnys Garden

by Manassas

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Chords in this song · guitar

C/G

G7sus

Csus2

C6+9

Em7

JOHNNY'S GARDEN - Stephen Stills and Manassas

G5 C/G G7sus C/G G5 C/G G7sus C/G

G5 C/G G7sus C/G

There's a place I can get to

G5 C/G G7sus C/G

Where I'm safe from the city blues

G5 C/G G7sus C/G G5

And it's green and it's quiet

C/G G7sus C/G

Only trouble was I had to buy it

CHORUS:

C Csus2 C6+9 Csus2 C Em Em7

And I'll do anything I got to do

C Csus2 C6+9 Csus2 C Em

Cut my hair and shine my shoes

Em7 C Csus2 C6+9 Csus2 C Em

And keep on singin' the blues

Em7 C G5 C/G G7sus C/G

riff

If I can stay here in Johnny's garden

As the swift bird flies over the grasses

Dipping now and then to take his breakfast

Thus I come and go and I travel

But I can watch that bird and unravel ...CHORUS

With his love and his sharing

He puts his life into beauty sharing

And his children are his flowers

And they give me peace in quiet hours ...CHORUS

CHORDS:

G5 C/G G7sus Csus2 C6+9

RIFF:

e|-3---3----3-----0-----0-- -------------------|

B|-3---1----3-----1-----1-- -1-----------1--1--|

G|-0---0----0-----0-----2-- -0------0h2--2--0--|

D|-0---3----3-----0-----0-- -2--0h2------------|

A|-x---x----x-----3-----3-- -3-----------------|

E|-3---3----3-------------- -------------------|

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