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E B F#
And they seem to know each other very well
E B G#m F# B E
They speak across the garden and not a soul could tell
E F# B E
They can read the summer sky and they can hear the back brook swell
E B F# B
And they seem to know each other very well
E B F#
And they drive up north on sunday afternoons
E B G#m F# B E
And he buys her wooden windmills and whales and quarter moons
E F# B E
She feeds the birds all winter and she knows them by their tunes
E B F# B
And they drive up north on sunday afternoons
G#m F#m B C#m B F#
And all summer long, they make the garden grow
B F# E
Keep the green so strong
G#m F#m B C#m B F#
Oh, wish them well, for standing on their own
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E B F#
And they buried their old dog in their backyard
E B G#m F# B E
With a fence and plastic roses And St. Francis standing guard
E F# B E
She speaks of him quite often to this day she takes it hard
E B F# B
And they buried their old dog in their backyard
E B F#
She brings me plants and flowers all the time
E B G#m F# B E
And we dig the holes together she has to help with mine
E F# B E
When she pats the soil around them oh my god, her eyes can shine
E B F# B
She brings me plants and flowers all the time
G#m F#m B C#m B F#
And all summer long, they make the garden grow
B F# E
Keep the green so strong
G#m F#m B C#m B F#
Oh, wish them well, for standing on their own
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E B F#
And they speak about their lives as almost gone
E B G#m F# B E
Waiting for the sunset from an old and distant dawn
E F# B E
Selling off the land except the part they're living on
E B F# B
And they speak of their lives as almost gone
E B F#
And they seem to know each other very well
E B G#m F# B E
They speak across the garden and not a soul could tell
E F# B E
They can read the summer sky and they can hear the back brook swell
E B F# B
And they seem to know each other very well