10000 Maniacs - Eden Chords

G  
(Ahhhh) 
  
Em C G C G C D G  
  
C G  
We are the roses in the garden,  
C G  
beauty with thorns among our leaves.  
C G D  
To pick a rose, you ask your hands to bleed   
  
C G  
but Bhat is the reason for having roses  
C G  
when your blood is shed carelessly?  
C G D Em   
It must be for something more than vanity.   
  
Em C G C G C D  
  
Em C G  
Believe me, the truth is we're not honest. 
C G  
Not the people that we dream.
C G D  
We're not as close as we could be. 
  
C G  
Willing to grow, but rains are shallow,  
C G  
barren and wind-scattered seed.  
C G D   
On stone and dry land, we will be.  
  
C G  
Waiting for the light arisen,   
C G C G  
to flood inside the prison,
D  
and in that time
C G  
Kind words alone will teach us  
C G C G  
no bitterness will reach us  
C G Em  
reason will be guided in another way   
  
  
Em C G C G C D (x2)  
  
D  
all in time...  
C G  
but the clock is another demon  
C G C G  
that devours our time in Eden  
D  
in our paradise   
  
  
C G  
Will our eyes see well beneath us,  
C G C G D  
flowers all divine?   
D  
Is there still time?   
C G  
If we wake and discover   
C G C G  
in life a precious love,   
C G Em  
will that waking become more heavenly?  
G