Misc Originals – Brown Found Sound - The Garden And The Wild (Guitar)

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[Intro] Ab Eb/G Fm7 Db Ab [Verse 1]
Ab                                                 Fm7
I pulled the weeds without a thought, the thorns I cut away,

          Db                                 Ab
Taught my kids that tidy rows would keep the storms at bay.

              Ab                                      Fm7
My hands were firm, my voice was sure, I thought that strength was grace,

    Db                                Ab
But mercy never found much room in my well-tended place.
[Pre-Chorus]
  Fm                  Eb     Db
I taught the rules my father taught,

    Fm             Eb        Ab
Not seeing all the hurt they brought.
[Chorus]
Ab                          Fm7
In the garden and the wild, I see their hearts run free,

Db                              Ab                   Eb
Reaching past the lines I drew, outside the fence to be.

Ab                            Fm7
I tried to raise them steady, but now it seems I didn’t really know,

Db                                Eb
That love is love is love is love, no matter where it grows.
Ab Eb/G Fm7 Db Ab [Verse 2]
Ab                                                         Fm7
They begged me not to pull the weeds — said, “Dad, they’re living too,”

  Db                                                  Ab
I smiled and shook my head and said, “That’s not what gardeners do.”
Ab Eb/G. Fm7 They left to find their own green fields, where nothing’s judged or pruned,
    Db                                Ab                     Eb/G
And I was left with perfect rows, but all the joy was strewn.
[Pre-Chorus]
  Fm          Eb/G        Db
I stood alone beneath the sky,

    Fm               Eb          Ab
And whispered to the earth, “Why try?”
[Chorus]
Ab                          Fm7
In the garden and the wild, I see their hearts run free,

Db                              Ab                   Eb
Reaching past the lines I drew, outside the fence to be.

Ab                            Fm7
I tried to raise them steady, but now it seems I didn’t really know,

Db                                Eb
That love is love is love is love, no matter where it grows.
Ab Eb/G Fm7 Db Ab [Instrumental] Ab Eb/G Fm7 Db Ab [Verse 3]
Ab                                                        Fm7
Now I see those weeds were brave, just growing where they could,

    Db                               Ab
Not rebels, just survivors, misunderstood.

    Ab                            Eb/G                      Fm7
The thorns that once I cursed now bloom, in colors soft and mild,

      Db                               Ab                     Eb/G
Their wildness was the lesson, and I’m learning from my child.
[Pre-Chorus]
    Ab             Eb/G       Fm7
The wind reminds me what I’ve found,

     Db                     Eb/G       Ab
That love still grows where rules fall down.
[Chorus]
Ab                          Fm7
In the garden and the wild, I see their hearts run free,

Db                              Ab                   Eb
Reaching past the lines I drew, outside the fence to be.

Ab                            Fm7
I tried to raise them steady, but now it seems I didn’t really know,

Db                                Eb
That love is love is love is love, no matter where it grows.
[Outro]
Ab            Eb/G    Fm7
In the garden and the wild…

            Db         Ab
I see their hearts run free.