Written by Van Morrison
Intro: | C | F | C | G7 ||: C | Em | F | G :|| C Em Fmaj7 G The fields are always wet with rain C Em After a summer shower Fmaj7 G when I saw you standin' C Em Standin' in the garden, Fmaj7 G C F C G in the garden wet with rain C Em Fmaj7 G You wiped the teardrops from your eye in sorrow C Em Fmaj7 G As we watched the petals fall down to the ground C Em Fmaj7 G And as I sat beside you I felt the great sadness that day C F C G In the garden C Em Fmaj7 G C Em And then one day you came back home, you were a creature all in rapture Fmaj7 G You had the key to your soul C Em Fmaj7 G And you did open, that day you came back, C F C G to the garden C Em Fmaj7 G The olden summer breeze was blowin' against your face C Em Fmaj7 G The light of old was shinin' on your countenance divine C Em Fmaj7 G And you were a violet colour as you sat beside your father and your mother C F C G | C Em Fmaj7 In the garden G C The summer breeze was blowin' on your face Em Fmaj7 G Within your violet you treasure your summery words C Em Fmaj7 G And as the shiver from my neck down to my spine ignited me C F C G In daylight and nature in the garden C Em Fmaj7 G C Em And you went into a trance. Your childlike vision became so fine Fmaj7 G And we heard the bells within the church C Em Fmaj7 G C we loved so much and felt the presence of the youth of eternal summers F C G In the garden C Em Fmaj7 G And as it touched your cheeks so lightly, born again C Em Fmaj7 G you were and blushed and we touched each other lightly C Em Fmaj7 G And we felt the presence of the Christ within our hearts C F C G In the garden. And I turned to you and I said C Em Fmaj7 G No Guru, no method, C Em Fmaj7 G no teacher. Just you and I and nature, and the father, C F C G In the garden C Em Fmaj7 G C No Guru, no method, no teacher. Just you and I and nature Em Fmaj7 G C Em And the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost, Fmaj7 G in the garden C F C G wet with rain C Em Fmaj7 G C No Guru, no method, no teacher. Just you and I and nature Em Fmaj7 G C Em And the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost, Fmaj7 G in the garden, in the garden C F C G wet with rain C Em Fmaj7 G No Guru, no method, C Em Fmaj7 G no teacher. Just you and I and nature, and the father, C F C G In the garden