Written by Calton Coffie/Inner Circle
Chorus: (Bb)Whatever happened to my g(Bbmaj7)arden of black ro(Gm)ses Oh n(Eb)urturing years of so long (F) (Bb)Whatever happened to my g(Bbmaj7)arden of black r(Gm)oses They say a st(Eb)ranger treated them wr(F)ong (Bb)When I was a boy(Bbmaj7) I planted a ga(Gm)rden yeah That mea(Eb)nt so much to me(Dm7) (Eb)One of reality(F) (Bb)A garden of love(Bbmaj7) none like this(Gm) before me One of a k(Eb)ind equality(Dm7) A pra(Eb)yer for you and me(F) wo ho ho ho ho Chorus (Bb)If we can keep(Bbmaj7) the candles bur(Gm)ning To shel(Eb)ter them from pa(Dm7)in and let(Eb) them live again(F) (Bb)Shower the world(Bbmaj7) with their inn(Gm)ocence Who's tea(Eb)rs felt like ra(Dm7)in, history(Eb) remains the same(F) wo ho ho ho ho Bridge: (Gm)But one by one they come up mi(Eb)ssing (Gm)Strangers thought that I was sl(Eb)eeping (Gm)Some life somelife means noth(Eb)ing to some (Gm)Watch out now we've g(Eb)ot them on the run(F)