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 ou t 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
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 ou t to play
F~m
A
B
E
Johnny, can’t you come out to play in your empty garden
A
B~A
B
C~m
F~m
E
