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The Garden

by Briston Maroney
Chords
4.8 (16)
Tuning: E A D G B E
Transpose
0
Capo
None
Size
100%
Intro
Verse 1
I'
ve been throwing stones at your window
Praying hard the wind might blow me thr
ough, blow me through
T
alking to the friends that I don't have
Why am I surprised they got no clue, got no c
lue
Chorus 1
I
f there is such thing as a heaven
I just pray to God that I get there so
on
The de
vil made a call from a payphone stall, te
lling me not to talk to yo
u
Verse 2
If yo
u look close you can tell those doing best ain't doing well
P
utting your demons up on the shelf only gives them time to themselv
es
I d
ropped my worries in a wishing well, never hit the bottom far as I can te
ll
The pr
eacher's writing prayers that he thinks might sell, never found peace in holy he
ll
Chorus 2
I
f there is such thing as a heaven
I
just pray to God that I get there so
on
The d
evil makes a call from a payphone stall, te
lling me not to see this thro
ugh
Verse 3
This li
fe's a test, infinite jest
This pain that sits inside my chest, e
chos into emptiness
And I sell my soul for a million dollars
Jes
us Christ, my heart's a mess
But ain't that why you love me best
Scr
eam until there's nothing left, there's nothingness, there's nothing less
Verse 4
Than pe
ople hanging in suspense
Sins that they could not confess
N
o we can't go on like this
But the devil needs his witnesses
My zea
lous overconfidence
It looked so nice inside my head
It's some
thing that I cannot fix
But baby, that's not mine to give aw
ay
That's not mine to give aw
ay
That's not mine to give a
way
That's not mine to give aw
ay
O
oh
O
oh
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