Empty Garden
Jump Up
EMPTY GARDEN (HEY HEY JOHNNY)
Year: 1982
Album: JUMP UP!
Writers: Elton John\ Bernie Taupin
A
What happened here
E
As the New York sunset disappeared
B C#m
I found an empty garden among the flagstones there
A
Who lived here
E
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
B
Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop
C#m
And now it all looks strange
A B E (E)*
It's funny how one insect can damage so much grain
E
And what's it for
E
This little empty garden by the brownstone door
B C#m
And in the cracks along the sidewalk nothing grows no more
A
Who lived here
E
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
B
Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop
C#m A
And we are so amazed we're crippled and we're dazed
B E
A gardener like that one no one can replace
A E
And I've been knocking but no one answers
A C#m C#m+3 C#m
And I've been knocking most all the da____________y
F#m C#m
Oh and I've been calling oh hey hey Johnny
A B E (E)**
Can't you come out_ to play
A
And through their tears
E
Some say he farmed his best in younger years
B C#m
But he'd have said that roots grow stronger if only he could hear
A
Who lived there
E
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
B
Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop
C#m A
Now we pray for rain, and with every drop that falls
B E
We hear, we hear your name
(CHORUS)
A E
And I've been knocking but no one answers
A C#m C#m+3 C#m
And I've been knocking most all the da____________y
F#m C#m
Oh and I've been calling oh hey hey Johnny
A B E
Can't you come out, can't you come out to play
F#m A B E
Johnny can't you come out to play in your empty garden
(REPEAT, AD LIB FADE)
*Harpsichord solo here. Single notes are a g# e b. Do this 3 times, descending octaves.
**Another harpsichord solo here. Notes are e f# g# b. Do this 4 times, ascending octaves.
NOTE: Do this the first time ONLY!