Whose Garden Was This

Words & Music by Tom Paxton
sung by John Denver
on Whose Garden Was This (1970)


       G                   C              Am
Whose garden was this, it must have been lovely.
D 
Did it have flowers.
           Bm
I've seen pictures of flowers.
         C             Em
And I'd love to have smelled one.
       G                   C           Am
Whose river was this, you say it ran freely.
D 
Blue was it's colour.
           Bm
I've seen blue in some pictures.
         C             Em
And I'd love to have been there.
 G              
Tell me again I need to know.
     C           Am        D
The forest had trees, the meadows were green.
    Em                    D
The oceans were blue and birds really flew.
          C    Bm             Em    D
Can you swear     that it's true.

G                          C              Am
Whose grey sky was this? Or was it a blue one?
D 
You say there were breezes.
           Bm
I've heard records of breezes.
         C             Em
And I'd love to have felt one.
 G              
Tell me again I need to know.
     C           Am        D
The forest had trees, the meadows were green.
    Em                    D
The oceans were blue and birds really flew.
          C    Bm             Em    D
Can you swear      that it's true.

G                          C              Am
Whose garden was this, it must have been lovely.
D 
Did it have flowers.
           Bm
I've seen pictures of flowers.
         C             Em
And I'd love to have smelled one.
 G
Tell me again I need to know.
 Em			  G
Tell me again I need to know.
 Em			  G
Tell me again I need to know.
 Em			  G
Tell me again I need to know.