Refrain
    D                   G         D
   Inch by inch, row by row
    G                         D
   Gonna make this garden grow
    G                      D
   All it takes is a rake and a hoe
           E7                   A
   And a piece of fertile ground.
    D                   G         D
   Inch by inch, row by row
    G                          D
   Some bless these seeds I sow,
    G                                D
   Someone warm them from below
             E7             A7           D
   Till the rain comes tumblin’ down.

Refrain

1. Pullin’ weeds and pickin’ stones
   Man is made of dreams and bones
   Feel the need to grow my own
   ‘Cause the time is close at hand
   Grain for grain, sun and rain
   Find my way in Nature’s chain
   Tune my body and my brain
   To the music from the land

Refrain

2. Plant your rows straight and long
   Temper them with prayer and song,
   Mother Earth will make you strong
   If you give her loving care
   An old crow watching hungrily
   From his perch in yonder tree
   In my garden I’m as free
   As that feathered thief up there.

Refrain (2)