[Intro]
[Verse]
                  G                
What happened here? As the New York
                    D 
 sunset disappeared 
What happened here? As the New York sunset disappeared 
                  A               
I found an Empty Garden, among the
             Bm 
 flagstones there 
I found an Empty Garden, among the flagstones there 
     G                              
Who lived here?  He must have been a
                D 
 gardener that cared a lot 
Who lived here?  He must have been a gardener that cared a lot 
                                   
who weeded out the tears and grew a
  A 
 good crop 
who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop 
                  Bm 
Now it all looks strange 
                    G          A    
It's funny how one insect can damage
          D 
 so much grain
It's funny how one insect can damage so much grain
[Verse]
    G                               
And what's it for, this little Empty
               D 
 Garden by the brownstone door 
And what's it for, this little Empty Garden by the brownstone door 
                             A 
and in the cracks along the sidewalk
 
and in the cracks along the sidewalk 
                 Bm 
nothing grows no more 
     G                            
Who lived here?  He must have been
                D 
 gardener that cared a lot 
Who lived here?  He must have been gardener that cared a lot 
                                   
who weeded out the tears and grew a
  A 
 good crop 
who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop 
               Bm 
and we are so amazed 
                         G 
we're crippled and we're dazed 
                     A              
A gardener like that one, no one can
 D 
 replace
A gardener like that one, no one can replace
[Chorus]
              G 
And I've been knockin' 
            D 
but no one answers 
              G 
And I've been knockin' 
             Bm 
most all the day 
                  Em 
Oh, and I've been callin' 
             Bm 
oh, hey, hey Johnny 
               G A       D 
can't you come out to play? 
D
[Verse]
     G 
And through their tears 
                              
some say he farmed his best in
  D 
 younger years 
some say he farmed his best in younger years 
                                  
but he'd have said that roots grow
  A 
 stronger 
but he'd have said that roots grow stronger 
                 Bm 
If only he could hear 
    G                                
Who lived there?  He must have been a
              D 
 gardener that cared a lot 
Who lived there?  He must have been a gardener that cared a lot 
                                 
who weeded out the tears and grew
 A 
 good crop 
who weeded out the tears and grew good crop 
                 Bm 
Now we pray for rain 
                         G 
And with every drop that pours 
   A                     D 
we hear, we hear your name
[Chorus]
               G 
And I've been knockin' 
           D 
but no one answers 
              G 
And I've been knockin' 
               Bm 
most all the day 
                  Em 
oh, and I've been calling 
             Bm 
oh, hey, hey Johnny 
                G     A      D 
can't you come out,       to play
[Chorus]
               G 
And I've been knockin' 
           D 
but no one answers 
              G 
And I've been knockin' 
               Bm 
most all the day 
                  Em 
oh, and I've been calling 
             Bm 
oh, hey, hey Johnny 
                G     A           
can't you come out, can't you come
         D 
 out to play
can't you come out, can't you come out to play
[Outro]
   Em    G                     A     
Johnny, can't you come out to play in
             D 
 your Empty Garden
Johnny, can't you come out to play in your Empty Garden
(repeat)