[Intro] A  C  D  A

A                      E              F#m
Whatever happened to my garden of black roses
   D          Bm         E
Oh nurturing years of so long

A             E              F#m
 When I was a boy I planted a garden
     D                C#m
That meant so much to me
D            E
One of reality, yeah
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  A garden of Love, none like this before
         D         C#m
One of a kind quality, yeah
  D                  E
A prayer for you and me

A                     E                 F#m
 Whatever happened to my garden of black roses
   D          Bm         E
Oh nurturing years of so long [so long]
A                     E                 F#m
 Whatever happened to my garden of black roses
           D          Bm         E
They say a stranger treated them wrong

A          E                F#m
 If we can keep the candles burning
   D                 C#m
To shelter them from pain
   D               E
Oh let them laugh again, oh oh
A           E                F#m
 Shower the world with their innocence
      D               C#m
Whose tears felt like rain
     D              E
History remains the same

F#m                           Bm
  But one by one they come up missing
 F#m
Strangers thought
                         Bm
Strangers thought I was sleeping
F#m
Some life
                          Bm
Some life mean nothing to some people
  D                               E
Watch out now we've got them on the run
        E
On the run

A                     E                F#m
 Whatever happened to my garden of black roses
   D          Bm         E
Oh nurturing years of so long
A                     E                F#m
 Whatever happened to my garden of black roses
           D          Bm         E
They say a stranger treated them wrong

Tell me
A                     E                F#m
 Whatever happened to my garden of black roses
     D                 Bm      E
Will someone help me sing this song
                            A
I haven't seen them for so long
 C  D
So long
         A
My black roses
   C          D
Where have you been

Will someone say
 A          C  D
My, my black roses
              A
My precious black roses
   C
Night and day         D
I hear the children crying they say
A                     E                 F#m
 Whatever happened to my garden of Black Roses
     D        Bm         E
Oh nurturing years of so long