Whose Garden Was This
Words & Music by Tom Paxton
sung by John Denver
on Whose Garden Was This (1970)
G C Am
Whose garden was this, it must have been lovely.
D
Did it have flowers.
Bm
I've seen pictures of flowers.
C Em
And I'd love to have smelled one.
G C Am
Whose river was this, you say it ran freely.
D
Blue was it's colour.
Bm
I've seen blue in some pictures.
C Em
And I'd love to have been there.
G
Tell me again I need to know.
C Am D
The forest had trees, the meadows were green.
Em D
The oceans were blue and birds really flew.
C Bm Em D
Can you swear that it's true.
G C Am
Whose grey sky was this? Or was it a blue one?
D
You say there were breezes.
Bm
I've heard records of breezes.
C Em
And I'd love to have felt one.
G
Tell me again I need to know.
C Am D
The forest had trees, the meadows were green.
Em D
The oceans were blue and birds really flew.
C Bm Em D
Can you swear that it's true.
G C Am
Whose garden was this, it must have been lovely.
D
Did it have flowers.
Bm
I've seen pictures of flowers.
C Em
And I'd love to have smelled one.
G
Tell me again I need to know.
Em G
Tell me again I need to know.
Em G
Tell me again I need to know.
Em G
Tell me again I need to know.