I Am The Garden

C Dm F G C I did it wrong while my boots were on Dm F G C I planted all I wanted roots and love songs Dm F G C But the dirt was dry and the seeds were strong Dm G Am Now they've grown wild where they don't belong C/G F G Am I am the garden C/G F G Am I have all the fruits you wanted C/G F G Am I am the garden C/G F G Just danced in open hands Dm Bb F G Bb And what do all the friends and neighbors have to say Dm Bb F G Bb Where every leaf uncurls in the likeness of my face Dm Bb F G A And are you haunted by my leaving of that place Bb Hey hey Dm Bb F G Bb And now the scarecrow of my ghost keeps me away Dm C Bb C Dm F G C And now I hold nothing much Dm F G C And I have grown my babies up Dm F G C And how I moved I was a great machine Dm F G Am And it was true I gave life to every thing C/G F G Am I am the garden C/G F G Am I have all the fruits you wanted C/G F G Am I am the garden C/G F G Just danced in open hands Dm Bb F G Bb Well I wasn't welcome anymore in the same way Dm Bb F G Bb You shut me up on the wrong side of the garden gate Dm Bb F G A And I wondered how to scale the fence I made Bb Hey hey Dm Bb F G Bb And I gave up that hope and surrendered to the change Dm C Bb C Dm F G C I did it wrong though my boots were on Dm F G C I planted all I wanted roots and love songs Dm F G C But the dirt was dry and the seeds were strong Dm F G Am Now they've gone wild where they don't belong C/G F G Am I am C/G F G Am I have all C/G F G Am I am C/G F G Am Just danced in open hands C/G F G Am Just danced in open hands C/G F G Am Just danced in open hands C/G F G Am Just danced in open hands