A#9
A#9 D#9
I'm sorry you couldn't make it
A#9 D#9
You could have seen him, so weathered and dated
C
He was a Johnny Come Lately
F
And I know that you would hate him
A#9 D#9
If you'd seen his botanical leanings
A#9 D#9
First prize exhibit and all down to good spirit
C
He was a Johnny Come Lately
F
And I know that you would hate me
A#9 D#9
If I envied the things that he spoke of
A#9 D#9
How I envied the things that he thought of
C
He was a Johnny Come Lately
F
And I know that you would hate me
D#
If I told you that I made some time and stayed behind
Gm
To find out how to make a garden grow
D#m A#
Where the sun no longer shines
D#m
If I asked too many questions and I stayed behind
A#
To find out how to make a garden grow
C F
But he never ever gave away the secret of this godforsaken soil
A#9 D#9
A#9 D#9
A#9 D#9
He didn't need us, just tempted and teased us
A#9 D#9
You could have been here, wishing you were here
C
This was a Johnny Come Lately
F
And I know that you would hate me
C
He was a Johnny Come Lately
F
And I know that you would hate me
D#
If I told you that I made some time and stayed behind
Gm
To find out how to make a garden grow
D#m F
Where the sun no longer shines
D#
He assured me that the seeds you sold were sound
Gm
But I must have cast them all on stony ground
D#m A#
And now the sun won't shine
D#m
I must have asked too many questions
A#
And stayed behind to find out how to make a garden grow
C F
But he never ever gave away the secret of this godforsaken soil.
A#9
Picking pattern:
E-------0----- E-------5----- E-------0-----
B-----7---7--- B-----8---8--- B-----2---2---
G---7-------7- G---7-------7- G---2-------2-
D-0----------- D-5----------- D-------------
A------------- A------------- A-0-----------
E------------- E------------- E-------------
A#9 D#9 F
"If I told you that..." "sun no longer shines"
E------------------ E-----------------
B------------------ B-----------8-7-5-
G------------------ G-------9-6-------
D-7-7-5-5-4-4-5-4-2 D-5-7-5-----------
A------------------ A-----------------
E------------------ E-----------------