PJ Harvey - 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.

           Gm      A#       A   Gm A
And he was walking in the garden
And he was walking in the night
And he was singing a sad love song
And he was praying for his life

          Gm        A#   D#
And the stars came out around him
He was thinking of his sins
And he's looking at his song-bird
And he's looking at his wings

There, inside the garden
Came another with his lips
Said "Won't you come and be my lover?
Let me give you a little kiss"

And he came knelt down before him
And fell upon his knees
"I will give you gold and mountains
If you stay a while with me"

Chorus:
                F    D#
And there was trouble
         Gm
Taking place
  F    D#
Trouble
         Gm
Taking place

There, inside the garden
They kissed and the sun rose
And he walked a little further
And he found he was alone

And the wind it gathered round him
He was thinking of his sins
And he's looking for his song-bird
He was looking for his wings

Chorus:
And there was trouble
Taking place
Trouble
Taking place
And there was trouble
Taking place
Trouble
Taking place


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A#

Guitar chord A#

D#

Guitar chord D#

F

Guitar chord F

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

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 PJ Harvey.

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