Who's Minding The Garden Chords
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.
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)