How the Garden Grows
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