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