Key: Eb major
Intro 1
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G
Verse 1
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A
D
Once upon a time
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A
G
in another world
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A
D
G
On a hill that overlooked the sea
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There was once a garden of
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beauty and of grace
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G
Lovely as a dream could
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A
D
A
ever be.
Verse 2
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G
A
G
Then the roses bled and the lilies broke
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A
D
On the day that death came
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A
to the garden
Hidden in the flowers,
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meant to break the heart
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G
Flames that burst like blossoms
D
in the garden.
Verse 3
A
Can't you hear the voices
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D
from across the sea
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G
A
Calling from the ruins of the garden
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D
Calling out to you, calling out to me,
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G
Save us from the darkness that has fallen
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A
On our lovely garden
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A
D
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Verse 4
D
Name them all by heart,
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A
G
name them one by one
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Countries where a child
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A
has lost tomorrow
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Count the deadly flowers in
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the fields and woods
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D
Count them like a rosary of sorrow.
Verse 5
A
Can't you hear the voices
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D
from across the sea
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G
Calling from the ruins of the garden
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G
D
Calling out to you, calling out to me,
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G
Save us from the darkness that has fallen
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On our lovely garden.
Verse 6
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F#m
Bm
Where the children played in
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the summer light
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F#m
Running through the flowers
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A
on the hill
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F#m
Laughter in their voices,
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F#m
hope within their hearts
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F#m
G
A
Knowing they would live forever more.
Verse 7
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A
D
G
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G
I have seen a child barely five or six,
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D
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D
Counting bombs and tears,
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A
his childhood broken,
Give him back the garden,
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give him back his life
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G
Give him back a world where
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D
love is spoken.
Verse 8
A
G
Let us join our voices far
D
across the sea
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G
Singing all together of the garden,
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G
D
Let the roses bloom, let the lillies grow,
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G
Let us live together for the children,
Outro 1
In our lovely garden.
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A
D
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Asus4
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