The Good Gardener On How He Fell

Augie March

Intro ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------| ------8-----------8-----------8-----------8-----------8-----------8-----------8-----------8-----| 9-----------------------9-----------------------9-----------------------9-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| verse 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------| ------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----| 7-----------------------7-----------------------7-----------------------7-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Here sits a once good gardener, pale as the shadow of a doubt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------6-----------------------6-----------------------6-----------------------6-----------| ------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----| 0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Once a happy dweller of a garden good, once a happy sinner once cast out Link ------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------------------------------| ------2-----------1-----------------| 4-----------2-----------6-----9-----| ------------------------------------| to the verse 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------| ------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----| 7-----------------------7-----------------------7-----------------------7-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Sea where the crossy-eyed maids murmur low, "do you see, do you see where the doubts cross his shadow?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------6-----------------------6-----------------------6-----------------------6-----------| ------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----| 0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Drowned and amoral, I pollinate the coral & reek of the deep where I've tended the water weed Chorus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----------| ------2-----------1-----------------------6-----------2-----------1-----------6-----------6-----| 4-----------2-----------6-----9-----7-----------4-----------2-----------7-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| I was youâ??re your good gardener, sing to bring in the spring, I know where your ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----------| ------2-----------4-----------------------------------2-----------1-----------6-----------6-----| 4-----------2----------2------6-----0-----6-----4-----------2-----------7-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Good grass grows, I what your boyfriend knows, I was your good gardener Interlude (with trumpet solo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------| ------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----| 7-----------------------7-----------------------7-----------------------7-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----2-----2-----2--| ------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------2-----2-----| ------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------------------------| 7-----------------------7-----------------------7-----------------------0-----------0-----------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----------0-----| ----------------------------------------------------------------------| ---2----2-----2-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-| -----------2-----2-----------------0-----------------------0----------| -----------------------------6-----------6-----------6-----------6----| 0----------0-----------7-----------------------7----------------------| -----0-----------0----------------------------------------------------| Saw the verse 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------| ------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----| 7-----------------------7-----------------------7-----------------------7-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Twilight car waxers, corpulent dog walkers, clean canny couples on the sunset strip from a ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------6-----------------------6-----------------------6-----------------------6-----------| ------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----| 0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Tower forty miles to the east of Augusta saw plague on the Indian coming in the wind-ship ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------| ------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----| 7-----------------------7-----------------------7-----------------------7-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| You were in the garden when the wind swept up and took the foul words from your mouth now you ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------6-----------------------6-----------------------6-----------------------6-----------| ------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----| 0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| What your sarcasm really really means, itâ??s the tearing with your teeth of the flesh from your Chorus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------2-----------1-----------------------6-----------2-----------1-----------------------6-----| 4-----------2-----------6-----9-----7-----------4-----------2-----------6-----9-----7-----------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Brother kill the shrub to fertilise the flower,did I hear you say that the form doesnâ??t matter -----------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-| -----------------------------------------------------------------------| ------2-----------4-----------------------------------2-----------1----| 4-----------2-----------2-----6-----0-----6-----4-----------2----------| -----------------------------------------------------------------------| Form into matter and matter is forever but only in your good garden Link ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0--------0--------0--------0---------0-----------0--------0--------0--------0--------0-----| ------6--------6--------6--------6---------6-----------4--------4--------4--------4--------4--| 7--------7--------7--------7----------7-------7--6--------6--------6--------6--------6--------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------------------| ------0--------0--------0--------0-----------0----0-----0-----0----| ---------6--------6--------6--------6----------------0-------------| 6--7--------7--------7--------7--------7-------6-----------6-------| ------------------------------------------7----------------------7-| -------------------------------------------------------------------| Chorus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----------| ------2-----------1-----------------------6-----------2-----------1-----------6-----------6-----| 4-----------2-----------6-----9-----7-----------4-----------2-----------7-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| I was her good gardener sing of the Summer sham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----------| ------2-----------1-----------------------6-----------2-----------1-----------6-----------6-----| 4-----------2-----------6-----9-----7-----------4-----------2-----------7-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| O see them grow tall, see them in their rot, see them go to seed in the cemetery plot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----------| ------2-----------1-----------------------6-----------2-----------1-----------6-----------6-----| 4-----------2-----------6-----9-----7-----------4-----------2-----------7-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| O I was your good gardener sing to bring home the spring ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----------| ------2-----------4-----------------------------------2-----------1-----------6-----------6-----| 4-----------2----------2------6-----0-----6-----4-----------2-----------7-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| O ice of Winter would crackle and splinter with my, love in everything ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----------| ------2-----------4-----------------------------------2-----------1-----------6-----------6-----| 4-----------2----------2------6-----0-----6-----4-----------2-----------7-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Yeah ice of winter would crackle and splinter with my, love in everything ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------------------6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--------------------------------------0-----------| ------2-----------1-----7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--------2-----------1-----------6-----------6-----| 4-----------2-----------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--4-----------2-----------7-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| O I was your good gardener... --------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----| ------------0-------------------------------------| ------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-------| 7-----------------------7-----------7-----------7-| --------------------------------------------------| Outro ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------------------------------0-----------------------------------------------0-----------| ------2-----------1-----------6-----------6-----------2-----------1-----------6-----------6-----| 4-----------2-----------7-----------------------4-----------2-----------7-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| The sea is stark and lovely, and it scares me to the point of rapture ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----------| ------2-----------1-----------------------6-----------2-----------1-----------6-----------6-----| 4-----------2-----------6-----9-----7-----------4-----------2-----------7-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| I was your good gardener, of some good stature ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------------------------------0-----------------------------------------------0-----------| ------2-----------1-----------6-----------6-----------2-----------1-----------6-----------6-----| 4-----------2-----------7-----------------------4-----------2-----------7-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| The sea is stark and lovely, and it scares me to the point of rapture ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------------------------------------------------------0-----------------------0-----------| ------2-----------1-----------------------6-----------2-----------2-----------1-----------1-----| 4-----------2-----------6-----9-----7-----------4-----------------------2-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| I was your good gardener, now I can barely look ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| ------------0-----------------------------------------------0-----------------------------------| ------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----| 7-----------------------7-----------7-----------7-----------------------7-----------7-----------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| at ya --------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----| ------------0-----------------------------------------------0-------------| ------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------6-----------6-------| 4-----------------------4-----------4-----------7-----------------------7-| --------------------------------------------------------------------------|