D D A D

[Verse 1]
D
Bindweed like white Morning Glory
A                                    D
I was too vain, second-guessing the rain
               G                A          D
She never did call, never did fall for me
D
To become a gardener two springs ago
          A
On some land I just bought
                           G
I never thought she would cultivate and teach
           A                                D
With the roots and the shoots and the leaves

[Chorus]
           Bm        D
Love is simple horticulture
           Bm         D
Love is simple horticulture
         G D Dmaj7
Give a whistle
            G            D
Hold the thistles with care

[Verse 2]
D
True, I worry more in December for sure
  A
Deciduous love
  D
Place my sheets o'er her bud
   G
Fearing winter's lust
           A
For that old wry Jack Frost
         Bm
Cold as ice

[Verse 3]
       D
When daylight is late in descending, I'll wait
      A
In backyard July soil cloaked I will lie
 G
Out like a wren
        A
In her bed
       D
In her hymn

[Chorus]
           Bm         D
Love is simple horticulture
           Bm         D
Love is simple horticulture
         G D Dmaj7
Give a whistle
            G            D
Hold the thistles with care
                        Bm
Hold the thistles with care

[Bridge]
         D
I will wear and I'll tear
                      G
When the harvest is spare
            D
For the drought, I'll prepare
                Bm  G
In our pay sanctuary
                 Bm
In spring I'll behold
                  D
My garden, she grows
            Bm
Untold marigolds

Worthy of fables
               D     G
My garden she knows

[Chorus]
           Bm         D
Love is simple horticulture
           Bm         D
Love is simple horticulture
         G D Dmaj7
Give a whistle
            G            D
Hold the thistles with care