Chords for Peter Mayer - John's Garden

I had a great, _ _ just sort of scatterbrained moment
when I was traveling.
Just a couple weeks ago, I was playing on the other side
of Chicago from me, which would be Indiana.
So I had a couple shows in Indiana.
And you know, when you're driving through Chicago,
it's all you think about is getting through Chicago.
And it stresses me out just knowing I've got to drive through Chicago.
Going around it is way longer, so it's an odyssey.
And so on my way home, I thought, I'm going to get a jump on it,
and I left after my show on Sunday night, actually.
I left after the show, and I thought,
gal dang it, I'm going to drive through Chicago
in the middle of Sunday night, which is no guarantee
that you'll get through any time soon.
But I got to my hotel about 2 in the morning,
and I was very relieved and just grateful to have gotten
about an hour on the other side of Chicago.
And then the next morning, I checked out of my hotel room,
and I headed out, and I was driving for about an hour.
And I started to see Chicago.
_ _ I had gone the wrong way.
Ladies and gentlemen, the wrong way on I-90 for one hour.
_ Yeah, that was an awful, awful [Fm] moment.
_ _ All _ _
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_ _ [Fm] _ _ right. _ _
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_ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Cm] _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ Maybe intermission, we'll get that [Eb] tuner from you, [Fm] John. _ _ _ _ _
_ Farmer John [Cm] wandered back
[Eb] When he reached the [Bbm] pumpkin [Db] patch
Began to [Ab] speak _
_ [Fm] Said the [Cm] weather's getting cold
[Eb] Summer's [Bb] over and it's [Db] almost hot
_ [Ab] _ _ Halloween
[Cm] _ That's the [Db] day
The [Cm] reason you [Db] were raised
And [Cm] everything [Db] about your [C] life will change
You [F] will have eyes to see
And [D] for that night you'll be
[A] A [Gm] bright lamp burning in the [Bb] darkness
[F] Remember that candle shine
For only [Dm] the briefest [A] time
[G] In a [Gm] jack-o' [Bbm]-lantern's
Jack-o' [Cm] _
-lantern's [Ab] heart
[C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Fm] _ The pumpkins held a [Cm] meeting
[Eb] Some were very [Bb] [Db] apprehensive and _ afraid
[Ab] _
Could [Fm] this [Cm] really happen to us
[Eb] What could be the [Bbm] meaning
[Db] Is what they were [Ab] saying
And the pumpkin came
This [Cm] _ [Db] is home
It's [Cm] all we've [Db] ever known
[Cm] Then one [Db] bold outspoken [C] pumpkin spoke
Said [F] I don't need eyes to see
[Dm] Sounds like a lie to me
[Gm] Like it's just fine here in John's garden
[F] _
Remember that candle shine
For [Dm] only the briefest time
[Gm] In a jack-o' [Bbm]-lantern's
Jack [Fm]-o' [Cm] _
-lantern's heart
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm]
There [Db] is much to [Ab] _ ask
[Bbm] To ponder in the [Fm] pumpkin patch
When [Db] imposing old [Ab] October
[Eb] _
Shows up [Ebm] at last
[Bbm] _ _ [Gb] _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ [Fm] _ [C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Fm] Then a pumpkin from the [Cm] farther [Eb] end
Who had been silent [Bb] up to [Fm] then
Over the [Cm] commotion [Eb] said
What would you rather have [Bb] my friend
A _ _ _
_ [Cm] chance [Db] to shine
[Cm] Or die here on [Db] the vine
The [Cm] better way [Eb] seems very [C] plain to me
You _ will have [F] eyes to see
[G] And for that [F] night you will be
[G] A bright lamp burning in the darkness
Maybe that [F] candle shine
For only the briefest [G] time
In a jack [F]-o' [Bbm]-lantern's [F] heart
[Bb] [F] Over one goblin's smile
To make it [D] all well [G] [Am] worthwhile
[Gm] You might even see the [F] starlight
Knowing that time is brief
[Dm] Makes it that much more [Gm] sweet
You have a jack-o' [Fm]-lantern
[Bb] Jack-o' [F] _ -lantern's heart _
[Dm] You _ _ [D] [Gm] have a jack-o'-lantern
[Bbm] Jack [Cm]-o'-lantern
[Fm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] La la la la la la
[Eb] La la [Bb] la la la la
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