Pete Seeger – Garden Song (Guitar)

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[Intro] C C/G x2 [Chorus]
C             F     C
Inch by inch, row by row,

Dm    G6        C
Gonna make this garden grow.

Dm    G6       C    C/B Am
Gonna mulch it deep and low,

      Dm              G7
Gonna make it fertile ground.

C             F      C
Inch by inch, row by row,

Dm     G6          C       C/G
Please bless these seeds I sow.

Dm     G6        C   C/B Am
Please keep them safe below

         Dm         G        C
'Til the rains come tumbling down.
[Verse 1]
C                 F       C
Pullin' weeds and pickin' stones,

Dm     G6      C
We are made of dreams and bones

Dm   G6      C   C/B Am
Need spot to call my own

          Dm             G7
For the time is close at hand.

C                F       C
Grain for grain, sun and rain

     Dm      G6     C
I'll find my way in nature's chain

Dm      G6   C  C/B Am
Tune my body and my brain

       D7    G     C
To the music of the land.
[Chorus]
C             F     C
Inch by inch, row by row,

Dm    G6        C
Gonna make this garden grow.

Dm    G6       C    C/B Am
Gonna mulch it deep and low,

      Dm              G7
Gonna make it fertile ground.

C             F      C
Inch by inch, row by row,

Dm     G6          C       C/G
Please bless these seeds I sow.

Dm     G6        C   C/B Am
Please keep them safe below

         Dm         G        C
'Til the rains come tumbling down.
[Verse 2]
C                F       C
Plant your rows short or long,

Dm       G6     C
Seasoned with a cheerful song

Dm     G6         C    C/B Am
Mother earth will keep you strong

       Dm              G7
If you give her loving care.

C                 F      C
Old crow watching from a tree

Dm      G6     C
Has his hungry eye on me

Dm    G6     C  C/B Am
In my garden I'm as free

        D7        G        C
As that feathered thief up there.
[Chorus]
C             F     C
Inch by inch, row by row,

Dm    G6        C
Gonna make this garden grow.

Dm    G6       C    C/B Am
Gonna mulch it deep and low,

      Dm              G7
Gonna make it fertile ground.

C             F      C
Inch by inch, row by row,

Dm     G6          C       C/G
Please bless these seeds I sow.

Dm     G6        C   C/B Am
Please keep them safe below

         Dm         G        C
'Til the rains come tumbling down.