F#9
F#9 B9
I'm sorry you couldn't make it
F#9 B9
You could have seen him, so weathered and dated
G#
He was a Johnny Come Lately
C#
And I know that you would hate him
F#9 B9
If you'd seen his botanical leanings
F#9 B9
First prize exhibit and all down to good spirit
G#
He was a Johnny Come Lately
C#
And I know that you would hate me
F#9 B9
If I envied the things that he spoke of
F#9 B9
How I envied the things that he thought of
G#
He was a Johnny Come Lately
C#
And I know that you would hate me
B
If I told you that I made some time and stayed behind
D#m
To find out how to make a garden grow
Bm F#
Where the sun no longer shines
Bm
If I asked too many questions and I stayed behind
F#
To find out how to make a garden grow
G# C#
But he never ever gave away the secret of this godforsaken soil
F#9 B9
F#9 B9
F#9 B9
He didn't need us, just tempted and teased us
F#9 B9
You could have been here, wishing you were here
G#
This was a Johnny Come Lately
C#
And I know that you would hate me
G#
He was a Johnny Come Lately
C#
And I know that you would hate me
B
If I told you that I made some time and stayed behind
D#m
To find out how to make a garden grow
Bm C#
Where the sun no longer shines
B
He assured me that the seeds you sold were sound
D#m
But I must have cast them all on stony ground
Bm F#
And now the sun won't shine
Bm
I must have asked too many questions
F#
And stayed behind to find out how to make a garden grow
G# C#
But he never ever gave away the secret of this godforsaken soil.
F#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-------------
F#9 B9 C#
"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-----------------