Chords for Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden, 1971

_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ I beg [Dm] your pardon.
[G] I never [C] promised you a rose garden,
along [Dm] with the sunshine.
[G] There's gotta be [C] a little rain sometime.
[F] When you take, you gotta give.
So live and let live, or [Dm] let go.
_ I beg [G] your pardon.
I never promised you a rose garden.
[C] I could promise you things like three diamond rings,
but you don't find roses growing on stalks [Dm] of clover.
So you better [G] think it over.
When [C] it's sweet talking, you can make it come true.
I would give you the world right [Em] now on a silver [Dm] platter.
But what would [G] it matter?
_ So [Dm] smile for a while and [G] let's be jolly.
[Dm] Life shouldn't be so [A] melancholy.
[Dm] Come along and share the good times while [Fm] we can.
I beg your [Dm] pardon.
[G] I never promised [C] you a rose garden,
along with [Dm] the sunshine.
There's gotta be a [C] little rain sometime.
I _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] beg your [G] pardon.
I never promised [C] you a rose garden.
I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon.
But if that's what it takes to hold you,
I'd just as [Dm] soon let you go.
But there's one [G] thing I want you to know.
You [C] better look before you leap.
Still waters run deep.
And there won't always be [Bm] someone there [Dm] to pull you out.
And you know what [G] I'm talking about.
So [Dm] smile for a while [G] and let's be jolly.
[Gm] Life shouldn't be [A] so melancholy.
[Dm] Come along and share the good times while [Fm] we can.
[G] I beg [Dm] your pardon.
_ [G] I [C] never promised you a rose garden,
along [Dm] with the sunshine.
[G] There's gotta [C] be a little rain sometime. _ _