Empty Garden

What h[G]appened here? As the New York sunset [D]disappeared
I found an Empty G[A]arden, among the flagstones t[Bm]here
Who l[G]ived here?  He must have been a gardener who ca[D]red a lot
who weeded out the tears and grew a g[A]ood crop
Now it all looks s[Bm]trange
It's funny how one i[G]nsect can d[A]amage so much g[D]rain

And [G]what's it for, this little Empty Garden by the [D]brownstone door
and in the cracks along the s[A]idewalk
nothing grows no [Bm]more
Who l[G]ived here?  He must have been gardener who c[D]ared a lot
who weeded out the tears and grew a g[A]ood crop
and we are so a[Bm]mazed
we're crippled and we're [G]dazed
A gardener like that [A]one, no one can [D]replace

And I've been [G]knockin'
and no one a[D]nswers
And I've beeen [G]knockin'
most all the [Bm]day
Oh, and I've been [Em]callin'
oh, hey, hey [Bm]Johnny
can't you come [G]ou[A]t to pla[D]y?

And t[G]hrough their tears
some say he farmed his best in y[D]ounger years
but he'd have said the roots grow s[A]tronger
If only he were [Bm]here
Who [G]lived here?  He must have been a gardener who [D]cared a lot
who weeded out the tears and grew [A]good crop
Now we pray for r[Bm]ain
And with every drop that [G]pours
we [A]hear, we hear your nam[D]e

And I've been k[G]nockin'
and no one [D]answers
And I've been [G]knockin'
most all the da[Bm]y
oh, and I've been [Em]calling
oh, hey, hey [Bm]Johnny
can't you come o[G]ut, ca[A]n't you come out and p[D]lay

Joh[Em]nny, c[G]an't you come out to p[A]lay in your Empty G[D]arden
(repeat)