Judy Collins – Secret Gardens (Guitar)

Capo 3
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[Intro] Am G Am Em Dm C F G [Verse 1]
   C                            Am
My grandmother's house is still there

                 Em
But it isn't the same

  C            F
A plain wooden cottage

  Dm             G
A patch of brown lawn

      Dm               Am
And a fence that hangs standing

    F                      C     G
And sighing in the Seattle rain
[Verse 2]
  C             Am
I drive by with strangers

                               Em
And wish they could see what I see

  C                F
A tangle of summer birds

Dm           G
Flying in sunlight

  Dm         Am
A forest of lilies

   F                  C      G
An orchard of apricot trees
[Chorus]
F      Dm      F      C
Secret Gardens of the heart

          F                Dm C
Where the flowers bloom forever

  F       Dm      F           C
I see you shining through the night

F                      Dm C
In the ice and snow of winter
[Verse 3]
      C                           Am
Great grandfather's farm is still there

                 Em
But it isn't the same

    C            F
The barn is torn down

        Dm         G
And the fences are gone

    Dm         Am
The Idaho wind blows

    F                  C       G
The topsoil away every Spring
[Verse 4]
  C             Am
I still see the ghosts

                           Em
Of the people I knew long ago

  C            F
Inside the old kitchen

     Dm       G
They bend and sigh

   Dm               Am
My life passed them up

        F                 C   G
And the world passed them by
[Chorus]
F      Dm      F      C
Secret Gardens of the heart

          F                 Dm C
Where the old stay young forever

  F       Dm      F           C
I see you shining through the night

F                      Dm C
In the ice and snow of winter
[Verse 5]
    C                             Am
But most of all it is me that has changed

                      Em
And yet I'm still the same

       C         F
That's me at the weddings

       Dm        G
That's me at the graves

Dm               Am
Dressed like the people

    F                           C      G
Who once looked so grown-up and brave
[Verse 6]
  C                              Am
I look in the mirror through the eyes

                      Em
Of the child that was me

  C           F
I see willows bending

    Dm        G
The season is Spring

        Dm                  Am
And the silver blue sailing birds

F                         C      G
Fly with the sun on their wings
[Chorus]
F      Dm      F      C
Secret Gardens of the heart

      F                 Dm C
Where dreams live on forever

  F       Dm      F           C
I see you shining through the night

F                      Dm C
In the ice and snow of winter