Guns N' Roses - The Garden: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "The Garden" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

     C#
You know you're all alone
Your friends, they aren't at home
Everybody's gone to the garden
As you look into the trees
You can look, but you don't see
Flowers seem to tease you at the garden
Everybody's there
But you don't seem to care
What's it with you man, and this garden?

Chorus:
         C#            E
Turned into my worst phobia
   D#           B
A crazy man's utopia
           C#                E
If you're lost, no one can show you
        D#                B
But it sure was glad to know you
      C#                E
Only poor boys take a chance
        D#                B
On the garden's song and dance
           C#               E
Feel her flowers, as they wrap around
    D#               B
But only smart boys do without

You can find it all inside
No need to wrestle with your pride
No you ain't losing your mind,
you're just in the garden
They can lead you to yourself
Or you can throw it on the shelf
But you know you can look inside for the garden

Chorus:
I wasn't really scared
Lost my virginity there
To a gypsy with blond hair
But now no one seems to care
Like a mouse inside a maze
Wandering 'round for daze
With a smile upon my face
I never want to leave this place
Only poor boys take a chance
On this garden song and dance
Feel her flowers, as they wrap around
But only smart boys do without
Turned into my worst phobia
It's a crazy man's utopia
If you're lost no one can show you
But it sure was glad to know you

Bye-bye, so long, bye-bye
It's glad to know you
Bye-bye
Bye-bye
Aw, so long


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

C#

Guitar chord C#

D#

Guitar chord D#

E

Guitar chord E

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "The Garden" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Garden" by Guns N' Roses.