Johnny's Garden chords by Stephen Stills (Official Version)

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
C/G 
There's a place  (G major)  (C/G) 
F/G 
G/C 
I can get  (F/G) to  (G/C) 
G 
C/G 
Where I'm  (G major) safe  (C/G) 
F/G 
G/C 
From the cit (F/G) y     blues  (G/C) 
G 
C/G 
And it's green  (G major)  (C/G) 
F/G 
G/C 
And it's qui (F/G) et     (G/C) 
G 
C/G 
 (G major) All the trou (C/G) ble   was
F/G 
G/C 
I had to  (F/G) buy   it  (G/C) 

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Chorus 1

And I'll do anything I got to do

Cut my hair and shine my shoes

And keep on singing the blues

If I can stay here

Interlude 1

In Johnny's garden

Verse 2
G 
C/G 
As the swift  (G major) bird  (C/G) 
F/G 
G/C 
Flies over the gras (F/G) ses  (G/C) 
G 
C/G 
Dipping  (G major) now and then  (C/G) 
F/G 
G/C 
To take his  (F/G) breakfast  (G/C) 
G 
C/G 
Thus I  (G major) come and go  (C/G) 
F/G 
G/C 
And I tra (F/G) vel  (G/C) 
G 
C/G 
But I can watch  (G major) that bird  (C/G) 
F/G 
G/C 
And un (F/G) ravel  (G/C) 

Chorus 2

And I'll do anything I got to do

Cut my hair and shine my shoes

And keep on singing the blues

If I can stay here

Interlude 2

In Johnny's garden

Verse 3
G 
C/G 
With his  (G major) love  (C/G) 
F/G 
And his  (F/G) carin'
G/C 
G 
 (G/C) He puts his  (G major) life
C/G 
F/G 
 (C/G) Into beauty  (F/G) sharin'
G/C 
G 
C/G 
 (G/C) And his chil (G major) dren  (C/G) 
F/G 
G/C 
Are his  (F/G) flowers  (G/C) 
G 
C/G 
 (G major) And they give me peace  (C/G) 
F/G 
G/C 
In quiet hours  (F/G)  (G/C) 

Chorus 3

And I'll do anything I got to do

Cut my hair and shine my shoes

And keep on singing the blues

If I can stay here

Outro 1
G 
C/G 
In Johnny's  (G major) garden  (C/G) 
F/G 
G/C 
 (F/G)  (G/C) 
G 
C/G 
 (G major)  (C/G) 
F/G 
G/C 
 (F/G)  (G/C) 
[Repeat and fade]

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: G majorBPM: 81

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
C/G: 3-x-2-0-1-0
F/G: 3-x-3-2-1-x
G/C: x-3-5-4-3-3
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
Em7: 0-2-2-0-3-0

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This is the definitive original version of Johnny's Garden by Stephen Stills, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of G major. It suits players who want to learn Johnny's Garden the way Stephen Stills intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.