Hi, Michael plays this one in Em, but I have transposed it down to Cm so that it is easier to sing (if youre not a high tenor :-) Irion HOW THE GARDEN GROWS (Michael Franks, 1983) Cm9 Cm9/B Cm9/Bb Cm9/A x3103x x2103x x1003x x0103x Cm9 Cm9/B D Winter's hard to rhyme Cm9/Bb Cm9/A We're prisoners in some icy panto--mime Cm Cmsus4 Just waiting for the wind to change his x3x031 mind Fm And sing us green Abmaj7 Ebmaj7 April starts to whisper to the trees Ebm7 I hoe and you plant the peas Ab7 Dbmaj7 Canterbury Bells begin to ring Dbm7 The sparrows are stealing string F#7 Bmaj7 Highocks and foxglove to the knee Bm7 Now life's a major key E We've got mud between our toes Dbm7 F#7 This is how the garden grows Cm9 Cm9/B Midnight in July Cm9/Bb Cm9/A We see the season spread across the sky Cm Cmsus4 We wake up to a nosy dragon- x3x031-fly Fm Against the screen Abmaj7 Ebmaj7 You just love to bite me where it shows Ebm7 You kiss me, then hide my clothes Ab7 Dbmaj7 Running through the sprinklers nearly raw Dbm7 We've just disproved Newton's law F#7 Bbmaj7 How can I break even with the weeds Bm7 In love so beyond my needs E Blossoms on you Mama's rose Dbm7 F#7 This is how the garden grows