Empty Garden Chords by Elton John

[Start]

[Verse]
A                 
What happened here
                       E          
As the New York sunset disappeared
                 B                           C#m   C#m
I found an empty garden among the flagstones there ■  
    A         
Who lived here
                                  E          
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
E                                   B        
Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop
B                    C#m    
And now it all looks strange
               A              B      B7         E    
It's funny how one insect can damage ■  so much grain
A                
And what's it for
                                E              
This little empty garden by the brownstone door
                        B                             C#m 
And in the cracks along the sidewalk nothing grows no more
A             
Who lived here
                                  E          
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
                                    B        
Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop
              C#m                             A    
And we are so amazed we're crippled and we're dazed
                B        B7         E      
A gardener like that one no one can replace


[Chorus]
              A                   E      
And I've been knocking but no one answers
              A                     C#m
And I've been knocking most all the day
                 F#m                C#m   
Oh and I've been calling oh hey hey Johnny
          A    B B7        E   
Can't you come ■ ■  out to play


[Verse]
A                      
And through their tears
                               E            
Some say he farmed his best in younger years
                              B7            B                C#m 
But he'd have said that roots grow stronger if only he could hear
    A          
Who lived there
                                  E          
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
                                    B        
Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop
                C#m                           A    
Now we pray for rain and with every drop that falls


[Chorus]
   B                 E   
We hear we hear your name


[Verse]
              A                   E      
And I've been knocking but no one answers
              A                        
And I've been knocking most all the day


[Chorus]
C#m              F#m        B7      C#m   
Oh and I've been calling oh hey hey Johnny
          A    B   B7 E   
Can't you come out to play


[Bridge]
              A                   E      
And I've been knocking but no one answers
              A                     C#m
And I've been knocking most all the day
                 F#m     F#m7    B7      C#m   
Oh and I've been calling ■    oh hey hey Johnny


[Chorus]
C#m7 C#m C#m7 C#m
■    ■   ■    ■  
               A  
Can't you come out
B          B7          E    F#m   
Can't your come out to play Johnny
A                     B       B7         E            F#m
Can't you come out to play in your empty gardenJohnny ■  
A                     B    B7            E            F#m
Can't you come out to play in your empty gardenJohnny ■  
A                     B                  E            F#m
Can't you come out to play in your empty gardenJohnny ■  
A                     B    B7            E            F#m
Can't you come out to play in your empty gardenJohnny ■  
A                     B                  E            F#m
Can't you come out to play in your empty gardenJohnny ■  


[Outro]
F#m7 A                          B7                         E
■    Can't you come out to play in your empty gardenJohnny ■