Joe South - Rose Garden Chords & Tabs

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Rose Garden chords
Joe South 1969 (song made famous by Lynn Anderson)

G

G          Am    D7
I beg your pardon
                       G
I never promised you a rose garden
               Am      D7
Along with the sunshine
                          G
There's gotta be a little rain some time

         C
When you take you gotta give so live and let live
       Am
Or let go oh-nah nah nah
G          Am    D7
I beg your pardon
                       G
I never promised you a rose garden

        G
I could promise you things like big diamond rings
                                              Am
But you don't find roses growin' in fields of clover
                       D   D7
So you better think it over

        G
Well if sweet-talkin' you could make it come true
                                                      Am
then I would give you the world right now on a silver platter
                         D     D7
But what wouldn t really matter

   Am                    D
So smile for a while and let's be jolly
D7                   E7   E
Love shouldn't be so melancholy
Am                                           C  D7
Come along and share the good times while we can
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G          Am    D7
I beg your pardon
                       G
I never promised you a rose garden
               Am      D7
Along with the sunshine
                          G
There's gotta be a little rain some time

         C
When you take you gotta give so live and let live
       Am
Or let go oh-nah nah nah
G          Am    D7
I beg your pardon
                       G
I never promised you a rose garden

        G
I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon

But if that's what it takes to hold you
                 Am
I'd just as soon let you go
                        D               D7
But there's one thing I want you to know

           G
You better look before you leap, still waters run deep
                                           Am
And there won't always be someone there to pull you out
                      D7
And you know what I'm talkin' about
D     Am                    D7
So    smile for a while and let's be jolly
D                    E7   E
Love shouldn't be so melancholy
Am                                           C  D7
Come along and share the good times while we can

G          Am    D7
I beg your pardon
                       G
I never promised you a rose garden
               Am      D7
Along with the sunshine
                          G
There's gotta be a little rain some time

         C
When you take you gotta give so live and let live
       Am
Or let go oh-nah nah nah
G          Am    D7
I beg your pardon
                       G
I never promised you a rose garden

G          Am    D7
I beg your pardon
                       G            G
I never promised you a rose garden


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