Rose Garden chords by Lynn Anderson

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

I recommend playing chords marked with * as barre chords.

Intro Chords:

C majorC - x32010
Eb MajorEb - x65343
FF - x87565
G+G - x109767

Chords in rest of song:

C majorC  - x32010
DmDm - xx0231
Dm* - x57765
G7G7 - 320001 or 320031
G* - 355433
Gm* - 355333
F* - 133211
Fm* - 133111
A7A7 - x02020
A7* - 575655 or 575685

Intro:

C majorC Eb MajorEb FF G+G FF Eb MajorEb

C majorC FF Eb MajorEb C majorC

Chorus:
      DmDm   G7G7           C majorC
I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden
        DmDm   G7G7             C majorC
Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes
     F*                        DmDm      F*
When you take you gotta give, so live and let live or let go-woah-woah-woah
F*     G7G7               C majorC
I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden

Verse 1:
C majorC
I could promise you things like big diamond rings
                       DmDm
But you don't find roses growing on stalks of clover
            G7G7
So you better think it over
     C majorC
Well, if sweet talking you could make it come true
                         DmDm
I would give you the world right now on a silver platter
         G7G7
But what would it matter

Pre-Chorus:
  DmDm          G*
So smile for a while and let's be jolly
Gm*         A7*
Love shouldn't be so melancholy
Dm*                     Fm* G7G7
Come along and share the good times while we can

Chorus:
      DmDm   G7G7           C majorC
I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden
        DmDm   G7G7             C majorC
Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes

Bridge:
F* A7A7 DmDm F*

F*     G7G7               C majorC
I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden

Verse 2:
    C majorC
I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon
C majorC                             DmDm
But if that's what it takes to hold you, I'd just as soon let you go
DmDm           G7G7
But there's one thing I want you to know
G7G7     C majorC
You better look before you leap, still waters run deep
C majorC                     DmDm
And there won't always be someone there to pull you out
           G7G7
And you know what I'm talking about

Pre-Chorus:
  DmDm          G*
So smile for a while and let's be jolly
Gm*         A7*
Love shouldn't be so melancholy
Dm*                     Fm* G7G7
Come along and share the good times while we can

Outro Fade:
      DmDm   G7G7           C majorC
I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden
        DmDm   G7G7             C majorC
Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes
C majorC     DmDm
I beg your pardon...

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