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Empty Garden Tab

by Elton John


                     

CAPO FRET ONE 

                                              
What happened here? As the New York sunset disappeared
                                              
I found an Empty Garden, among the flagstones there
                                                   
Who lived here?  He must have been a gardener who cared a lot
                                     
who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop
                  
Now it all looks strange
                                            
It's funny how one insect can damage so much grain

                                                  
And what's it for, this little Empty Garden by the brownstone door
                             
and in the cracks along the sidewalk
                 
nothing grows no more
                                                
Who lived here?  He must have been gardener who cared a lot
                                     
who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop
               
and we are so amazed
                         
we're crippled and we're dazed
                                    
A gardener like that one, no one can replace

CHORUS
              
And I've been knockin'
            
and no one answers
               
And I've beeen knockin'
             
most all the day
                  
Oh, and I've been callin'
             
oh, hey, hey Johnny
                       
can't you come out to play?

     
And through their tears
                                
some say he farmed his best in younger years
                                   
but he'd have said the roots grow stronger
                
If only he were here
                                                 
Who lived here?  He must have been a gardener who cared a lot
                                      
who weeded out the tears and grew good crop
                 
Now we pray for rain
                         
And with every drop that pours
                        
we hear, we hear your name

CHORUS
               
And I've been knockin'
           
and no one answers
              
And I've been knockin'
               
most all the day
                  
oh, and I've been calling
             
oh, hey, hey Johnny
                                          
can't you come out, can't you come out and play

                                              
Johnny, can't you come out to play in your Empty Garden
(repeat)