Rose Garden (1970)    (video) (midi)

 - - - - - - - Dm - G   C

I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden,

                       Dm - G                        C

along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes.

F Dm

When you take you got to give so l live and let live or let go,

        F             G - G7 C

I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden.

 C

1. I could promise you things like big diamond rings,

Dm

but you don't find roses growing on stalks of clover,

G - G7

so you better think it over.

C

2. When it's sweet talking you could make it come true,

Dm

I would give you the world right now on a silver platter,

  G - G7

but what would it matter.

Dm                     G      Em               A7

So smile for a while and let's be jolly, love shouldn't be so melancholy,

Dm                                        F - G

come along and share the good times while we ca......n.

 - - - - - - - Dm - G   C

I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden,

                       Dm - G                        C

along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes.

+ F - A7 - Dm - F

                       G - G7 C

I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden.

C

3. I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon,

Dm

but if that's what it takes to hold you I'd just as soon let you go,

G - G7

but there's one thing I want you to know.

C

4. You better look before you leap, still waters run deep,

     Dm

and there won't always be someone there to pull you out,

   G - G7

and you know what I'm talking about.

Dm                     G      Em               A7

So smile for a while and let's be jolly, love shouldn't be so melancholy,

Dm                                        F - G

come along and share the good times while we ca......n.

  - - - - - - Dm - G   C

I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden,

                       Dm - G                        C

along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes.

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(Lynn Anderson)