Garden Song
Words and Music by David Mallett
Sung by John Denver
on JD John Denver (1979)
Tune 6th String to D, Capo 2 frets
Unusual Chords
G/B x20003
G/D x66533
D / D G/B D
D G/B D G/B A D
Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make this garden grow.
G/B A D G/B A
All it takes is a rake and a hoe and a piece of fertile ground
D G/B D G/B A D
Inch by inch, row by row, Someone bless the seeds I sow.
G/B A D G/B A D
Someone warm them from below, 'til the rain comes tumbling down.
G/D D / A
D D/F# G D/F# G A D
Pulling weeds and pickin' stones, man is made of dreams and bones,
G A D G A
Feel the need to grow my own. 'cause the time is close at hand
D D/F# G D/F# G A D
Grain for grain, sun and rain, find my way in nature's chain,
G A D G A D
To my body and my brain to the music from the land
(Inst.) A D A D A D /
D D/F# G D/F# G A D
Plant your rows straight and long, thicker than with pray'r and song
G A D G A
Mother Earth will make you strong if you give her love and care
D D/F# G D/F# G A D
Old crow watchin' hungrily, from his perch in yonder tree
G A D G A D
In my garden I'm as free as that feathered beak up there.
A D A
D G/B D G/B A D
Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make this garden grow.
G/B A D G/B A
All it takes is a rake and a hoe and a piece of fertile ground
D G/B D G/B A D
Inch by inch, row by row, Someone bless the seeds I sow.
G/B A D G/B A D
Someone warm them from below, 'til the rain comes tumbling down.
D / / A D / A D A D
Copyright 1975 Cherry Lane Music Pub.