The Byrds – Mind Gardens (Guitar)
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As recorded by The Byrds
(From the 1967 Album YOUNGER THAN YESTERDAY)
* hit once and let ring
[Intro]
A*
[Verse 1]
A* A* A* A* A* A7* A7* Once upon a time there was a garden on a high hill A7 Green and bluffin' 'round against the sea A7 And there the sun came A7 And the rain pourin' down A7 Garden grew and flourished A7 And splattered bits of color on the ground A7 And it took shape and symmetry and all of life around
[Verse 2]
A7 But there came winds, driven and howling A7 There came snow and I feared for the garden A7 So I built a wall and I built another A7 And roofed it over thick and strong A7 And kept it from the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune A7 The killing cold could not get in
[Verse 3]
A7 But when the sun came A7 And the gentle rain of spring A7 They could not reach the garden behind those walls A7 It would have died A7 Safely, securely, died A7 But as I longed and as I learned A7 I tore the walls all down A7 A9 A7 The garden still lives A The garden lives