Snow Patrol - The Garden Rules: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "The Garden Rules" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. 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.

Learn The Garden Rules Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Snow Patrol

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "The Garden Rules" smoothly on your guitar.

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

             C
There's the river, there's the house,
                 A#
and there's the church.
                     Gm  A#
And there's us years ago.
              C
Deep in your garden where
                    A#
the nettle met the rose
                     C
Is where we hide ourselves.

A#
Yes we were just kids
         C
But you couldn't tell us that
      A#
These are the garden rules
         C
That's what you always said

Chorus:
              A#
Oh, you will never know,
            C
How much I love you so,
             A#
Oh, you will never know,
            C
How much I love you.

You would call the garden
rules out like commands
And we would all obey
But you'd stifle giddy
laughter as you spoke
And puncture the pretend

Then we would chase our tails
Until the sun forgot to shine
And our parents called our names
'Til just you and I were left

Chorus

From your house we walk the river
To the church by the silent fields
amongst the lavender and headstones
And the larks in our Sunday clothes
Your father calls to you
As he's looking at his watch
You leave me with a kiss
On my quickly heating cheek

Chorus


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

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 Rules" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Garden Rules" by Snow Patrol.

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