Makem & Clancy - The garden song Chords

[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
_ Inch by inch, [G] row [D] by [G] row,
[A] Go to make this [D] garden [F#m]
[G] grow,
[A] All it takes [D] is a [Bm] rake and a hoe,
[E] And a piece of fertile [A] _ ground. _
[D] Inch by inch, [G] row [D] by row,
[G] _ [A] Someone bless [D] these seeds [F#m] I sow,
[G] Someone [A] warm them [D] [Bm] from below,
Till [Em] the rain [A] comes tumbling [D] down. _ _
_ Pulling [G] weeds and picking _ [D] [G] stones,
Man [A] is [D] made of dreams [F#m] and [G] bones,
[A] Feel the need [E] to grow [Bm] my own,
[E] Cos the time is close [A] at hand.
_ [Em] _ [D]
Grain for grain, [G] sun [D] and [G] rain,
Find my [A] way [D] in [F#m] nature's chain,
[G]
[A] Tune my body [D] and [B] my brain
[E] To the [A] music from [D] the land.
_ [A] _ [D] Inch by inch, [G] row [D] by row,
[G] _
[A] Go to make [D] this [F#m] garden grow,
[G] _
[A] All it takes is a rake [B] and a hoe,
[E] And a piece of fertile [A] ground.
_ _ [D] Inch by inch, [G] row [D] by row,
[G] _
[A] Someone bless [D] these seeds [F#m] I sow,
[G] _
[A] Someone warm [D] them from [Bm] below,
[Em] Till the rain [A] comes tumbling [D] _ _ down.
Plant your own [G] straight [D] and long,
[G] _
[A] Temper them [D] with prayer [F#m] and [G] song,
[A] Mother [D] Earth will [A] make you [Bm] strong,
[E] If you give her love [A] and care.
[D] An old crow watching [G] _ _ [D] hungrily,
[G] From [A] his perch [D] in yonder [F#m] tree,
[G] In [A] my garden [D] I [B] must free,
As [E] that [A] feathered thief [D] of a lair.
And inch by inch, [G] row [D] by row,
[G] _
[A] Go to make [D] this garden [F#m] grow,
[G] _
[A] All it takes [D] is a rake [B] and a hoe,
[E] And a piece of [A] fertile ground.
_ [D] Inch by inch, [G] row [D] by row,
[G] _
[A] Someone bless [D] these seeds I [F#m] sow,
[G] _
[A] Someone warm them from [Bm] below,
[Em] Till the rain