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Phoebe Bridgers – Garden Song Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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This is the chords of Garden Song by Phoebe Bridgers on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
C Am
Someday, I’m gonna live
Dm F
In your house up on the hill
C . Am
And when your skinhead neighbor goes missing
Dm F
I’ll plant a garden in the yard then
Am
They’re gluing roses on a flatbed
Dm F
You should see it, I mean thousands
C Am
I grew up here ’til it all went up in flames
Dm F
Except the notches in the door frame

[Chorus]
C F
I don’t know when you got taller
C F
See our reflection in the water
C Am
Off the bridge at the Huntington
C E F
I hopped the fence when I was 17
Dm F C
When I knew what I wanted

[Verse 2]
C Am
And when I grow up, I’m gonna look up
Dm F
From my phone and see my life
Dm Am
And it’s gonna be just like my recurring dream
C
I’m at the movies, I don’t remember what I’m seeing
Dm F
The screen turns into a tidal wave
C Am
Then it’s a dorm room like a hedge maze
Dm C
And when I find you, you touch my leg
Am Dm F
And I insist, but I wake up before we do it

[Chorus]
C F
I don’t know how, but I’m taller
C F
It must be something in the water
C Am
Everything’s growing in our garden
C E F
You don’t have to know that it’s haunted

[Verse 3]
C F
The doctor put her hands over my liver
C F
She told me my resentment’s getting smaller
C Am
No, I’m not afraid of hard work
C E F
I get everything I want

[Outro]
C F
I have everything I wanted

How to play Garden Song: key, chords and progression

Garden Song by Phoebe Bridgers is built around C major (no sharps or flats), with 5 chords in all: C, Am, Dm, F and E.

Most of the song cycles through C – Am – Dm – F (I – vi – ii – IV in C major). In solfa, that is doh – lah – reh – fah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.