Planting Tomatoes

 
G 
  Planting tomatoes in the empty lot 
    F                            C/E 
Someone practicing saxophone down the block 
         Am          D 
They are not good yet 
         Am 
They are not good yet 
G 
  Picking flowers off the shoulder of the road 
F                       C/E 
  18-wheelers rushing by a little too close 
Am                      D 
  Life is just a series of close calls 
Am 
  One day one will come to end them all 
 

 
      G       F                 C 
But before then, I've got some ideas 
      G       F                 C   D 
But before then, I've got some ideas 
 

 
G 
  Coming together in a circle of hands 
      F                       C/E 
Gently pressing palms when the prayer ends 
       Am      D 
We all say, "Amen" 
 Am 
Say, "Amen" 
G                                                          F 
Subtle pixelation of the world through the screened-in porch 
                        C/E 
I could sit here for hours 
Am                                  D 
  You've gotta live the life you're fighting for 
Am 
  You've gotta live a life you would die for 
 

 
      G       F                 C 
But before then, I've got some ideas 
      G       F                 C   D 
But before then, I've got some ideas 
 

 
G 
  Hearing my friends laughing in the distance 
        F                            C/E 
I can't help but laugh along without knowing what the joke is 
Am                         D 
  Can't help thinking that I am gonna miss this 
Am                                                 N.C. 
Living in the moment, I can feel the moment passing 
 

 
N.C. 
Now I'm older than you'll ever be 
F                  C/E 
  On a day you will never see 
C                         D 
  There is so much that I have not lost 
C                       D         N.C. 
  Someday I know I will pay the cost 
 

 
      G       F                 C 
But before then, I've got some ideas 
      G       F                 C   D 
But before then, I've got some ideas 
      G       F                 C 
But before then, I've got some ideas 
      G       F                 C   D 
But before then, I've got some ideas