Who's Minding The Garden Chords

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Who's Minding The Garden by Glen Campbell is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em, D, C, Bm and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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Intro:  G  Em  D  Em  C   

verse 1 

                          Bm 
Theres a bay up in Alaska oh so cold and clear 
  Am                 Bm 
A home for creatures great and small  
         C 
Till the pipeline appeared 

That bring us fuel to heat our homes 
    G 
And gas for us to drive 
        Am                G 
Now the sea is black with oil  
    C 
And all the fish have died 
   Am       Bm      Em  C   
So who's to tell us why 

verse 2 

C                           Bm 
Theres a forrest in Brazil sheltered by the rain 
          Am                  G 
Where the tall trees make the air we breathe 
         C 
Till the cattle barons came 

They cleared the land for grazin' 
      G                            Am         C 
Fifty Thousand trees a day now the Amazons on fire 
           
And thats progress they say 
           D        G 
But what a price to pay 


      D           G 
Who's minding the garden 
      C 
Who's holding the seed 
         D            G 
Are they planning for tomorrow  
        C 
Or just harvesting their dreams 

Theres a line in the Bible 
           G 
Says we'll reap what we sow 
    Am              G 
And who'll mind the garden 
         C  D         Em 
When the garden won't grow 
                         C 
Who's minding the garden 

Who's minding whose minding 

verse 3 


Theres children in the city 
       Bm 
No one cares how they feel 
      Am                 Bm 
Their playground was the city park 
         C 
Till the drug lords made their deals 

Now cars drive by night and day 
    G 
And sometimes shots ring out 
    Am                 C 
But no one hears their cryin' 

And no one hears their shouts 
             G 
Is this what lifes about 


D                 G 
Who's minding the garden 
      C 
Who's holding the seed 
         D 
Are they planning for tomorrow  
        C 
Or just harvesting their dreams 

Theres a line in the Bible 
           G 
Says we'll reap what we sow 
    Am              G 
And who'll mind the garden 
         C  D         G 
When the garden won't grow 

Outro 

         C 
Theres a line in the Bible 
           G 
Says we'll reap what we sow 
    Am 
And who'll mind the garden 
         C   D        Em 
When the garden won't grow 

who's minding the garden 

Who's minding 
                      C 
When the garden won't grow 

who's minding whose minding 
      Em 
who's minding the garden 

who's minding whose minding 
      C 
who's minding the garden (repeat & start Fading)  
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante