A9
A9 D9
I'm sorry you couldn't make it
A9 D9
You could have seen him, so weathered and dated
B
He was a Johnny Come Lately
E
And I know that you would hate him
A9 D9
If you'd seen his botanical leanings
A9 D9
First prize exhibit and all down to good spirit
B
He was a Johnny Come Lately
E
And I know that you would hate me
A9 D9
If I envied the things that he spoke of
A9 D9
How I envied the things that he thought of
B
He was a Johnny Come Lately
E
And I know that you would hate me
D
If I told you that I made some time and stayed behind
F#m
To find out how to make a garden grow
Dm A
Where the sun no longer shines
Dm
If I asked too many questions and I stayed behind
A
To find out how to make a garden grow
B E
But he never ever gave away the secret of this godforsaken soil
A9 D9
A9 D9
A9 D9
He didn't need us, just tempted and teased us
A9 D9
You could have been here, wishing you were here
B
This was a Johnny Come Lately
E
And I know that you would hate me
B
He was a Johnny Come Lately
E
And I know that you would hate me
D
If I told you that I made some time and stayed behind
F#m
To find out how to make a garden grow
Dm E
Where the sun no longer shines
D
He assured me that the seeds you sold were sound
F#m
But I must have cast them all on stony ground
Dm A
And now the sun won't shine
Dm
I must have asked too many questions
A
And stayed behind to find out how to make a garden grow
B E
But he never ever gave away the secret of this godforsaken soil.
A9
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-------------
A9 D9 E
"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-----------------