"Garden Song" is a popular children's song and American folk song written by David Mallett in 1975.

Chords Used:
 
   D     G/D   G     A     G/B
e|-2-----3-----3-----0-----3----|
B|-3-----3-----0-----2-----0----|
G|-2-----0-----0-----2-----0----|
D|-0-----0-----0-----2-----0----|
A|-x-----x-----2-----0-----2----|
E|-x-----x-----3-----x-----x----|
[Strophe]
D             G/D    D   G      A         D 
Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make this garden grow. 
G      A          D                    G/B              A 
All it takes is a rake and a hoe and a piece of fertile ground. 
D             G/D    D   G        A         D 
Inch by inch, row by row, Someone bless these seeds I sow. 
G       A         D                    G/B        A        D 
Someone warm them from below, 'til the rain comes tumbling down.
[Strophe]
D                 G/D     D      G       A       D 
Pulling weeds and picking stones, man is made of dreams and bones. 
G        A       D                      G/B              A 
Feel the need to grow my own 'cause the time is close at hand. 
D                G/D     D     G       A      D 
Grain for grain, sun and rain, find my way in nature's chain, 
G     A    D                   G/B   A          D 
tune my body and my brain to the music from the land.
[Strophe]
D               G/D          D     G       A         D 
Plant your rows straight and long, temper them with prayer and song. 
G      A          D                      G/B               A 
Mother Earth will make you strong if you give her love and care. 
G                 G/D   D   G        A        D 
Old crow watching hungrily, from his perch in yonder tree. 
G     A      D                   G/B       A        D 
In my garden I'm as free as that feathered thief up there.
[Strophe]
D             G/D    D   G      A         D 
Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make this garden grow. 
G      A          D                    G/B              A 
All it takes is a rake and a hoe and a piece of fertile ground. 
D             G/D    D   G        A         D 
And Inch by inch, row by row, Someone bless these seeds I sow. 
G       A         D                    G/B        A        D 
Someone warm them from below, 'til the rain comes tumbling down.