Empty Garden

A 
What happened here 
E 
 
As the New York sunset disappeared 
B C#m 
I found an empty garden among the flagstones there 
A 
Who lived here 
E 
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot 
B 
Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop 
C#m 
And now it all looks strange 
B/A A B E 
It‘s funny how one in- sect can damage so much grain 
 
A 
And what‘s it for 
E 
This little empty garden by the brownstone door 
B 
C#m 
And in the cracks along the sidewalk nothing grows no more 
A 
Who lived here 
E 
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot 
B 
Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop 
C#m B/A A 
And we are so amazed we‘re crippled and we‘re dazed 
B E 
A gardener like that one no one can replace 
 
 
A E 
And I‘ve been knocking but no one answers 
A C#m (G#m C#m) 
And I‘ve been knocking most all the day 
F#m C#m 
Oh and I‘ve been calling oh hey hey Johnny 
A B E 
Can‘t you come out to play 
 
A 
And through their tears 
E 
Some say he farmed his best in younger years 
B 
C#m 
But he‘d have said that roots grow stronger if only he could hear 
A 
Who lived there 
E 
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot 
B 
Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop 
C#m B/A A 
Now we pray for rain, and with every drop that falls 
B E 
We hear, we hear your name 
 
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE 
 
F#m A B E 
Johnny, can‘t you come out to play in your empty garden 
 
(repeat last line and fade)