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“THE GARDENER” by The Tallest Man on Earth

Open D Tuning: DADF#AD
 
D    D/C# Bm   Bm7  G    A7   A6
 
0    0    0    0    0    5    4
0    0    2    0    2    0    0
0    0    0    0    1    3    3
0    0    0    0    0    2    2
0    4    2    2    2    0    0
0    X    X    X    X    X    X
Bm7    D
 
d |-0---0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A |-0---0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
F#|-0---0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D |-0---0-0---0-0-0---2-2-4-4-2-2-0-|
A |-0---0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D |-0---0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
 
D             D/C#            Bm       Bm7
I sense a runner in the garden
G                                                A7   A6
Although my judgment's known to fail
D                D/C#          Bm     Bm7
Once built a steamboat in a meadow
G                                       A7     A6
Cause I'd forgotten how to sail
 
G                 A7             D
I know the runner's going to tell you
G                     A7                    D
There ain't no cowboy in my hair
G                 A7                   D
So now he's buried by the daisies
G                                      A7
So I could stay the tallest man in your eyes, babe
  
D             D/C#            Bm       Bm7
I sense a spy up in the chimney
G                                                A7   A6
From all the evidence I've burned
D                D/C#          Bm     Bm7
I guess he'll read it in the smoke now
G                                       A7     A6
And soon to ashes I'll return
 
G                 A7             D
I know the spy is going to tell you
G                     A7                    D
It's not my flag up in the pole
G                 A7                   D
So now he's buried by the lilies
G                                      A7
So I could stay forever more in your eyes, babe
  
D             D/C#            Bm       Bm7
I sense a leak inside my phone now
G                                                A7   A6
From all the lies I have told
D                D/C#          Bm     Bm7
I know he has your private number
G                                       A7     A6
And soon he'll make that vicious call
 
G                 A7             D
I know the leak is going to tell you
G                    A7                    D
There ain't no puppy in your leash
G                 A7                   D
So now he'll fertilize the roses
G                                    A7
So I could stay the king you see in your eyes, babe
G                                    A7
So I could stay the king you see in your eyes, babe
 
D               D/C#                    Bm
So now we're dancing through the garden
G                             A7             A6
And what a garden I have made
D               D/C#                  Bm
And now that death will grow my jasmine
G                       A7     A6
I find it soothing I'm afraid

G               A7             D
Now there is no need for suspicion
G               A7             D
There ain't no frog kissing your hand
G               A7             D
I won't be lying when I tell you
G                             A7
That I'm a gardener, I'm a man
A7              D
In your eyes babe
A7              D
In your eyes babe
A7                Bm
In your eyes babe.

source: Anonymous