Rose Garden chords by Lynn Anderson

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

I recommend playing chords marked with * as barre chords.

Intro Chords:

C  - x32010
Eb - x65343
F  - x87565
G  - x109767

Chords in rest of song:

C   - x32010
Dm  - xx0231
Dm* - x57765
G7  - 320001 or 320031
G*  - 355433
Gm* - 355333
F*  - 133211
Fm* - 133111
A7  - x02020
A7* - 575655 or 575685

Intro:

C Eb F G F Eb

C F Eb C

Chorus:
           Dm     G7                      C
I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden
               Dm      G7                         C
Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes
         F*                                               Dm           F*
When you take you gotta give, so live and let live or let go-woah-woah-woah
F*         G7                             C
I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden

Verse 1:
C
I could promise you things like big diamond rings
                                              Dm
But you don't find roses growing on stalks of clover
                       G7
So you better think it over
         C
Well, if sweet talking you could make it come true
                                                 Dm
I would give you the world right now on a silver platter
                  G7
But what would it matter

Pre-Chorus:
   Dm                    G*
So smile for a while and let's be jolly
Gm*                  A7*
Love shouldn't be so melancholy
Dm*                                          Fm*  G7
Come along and share the good times while we can

Chorus:
           Dm     G7                      C
I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden
               Dm      G7                         C
Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes

Bridge:
F* A7 Dm F*

F*         G7                             C
I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden

Verse 2:
        C
I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon
C                                                         Dm
But if that's what it takes to hold you, I'd just as soon let you go
Dm                      G7
But there's one thing I want you to know
G7         C
You better look before you leap, still waters run deep
C                                          Dm
And there won't always be someone there to pull you out
                      G7
And you know what I'm talking about

Pre-Chorus:
   Dm                    G*
So smile for a while and let's be jolly
Gm*                  A7*
Love shouldn't be so melancholy
Dm*                                          Fm*  G7
Come along and share the good times while we can

Outro Fade:
           Dm     G7                      C
I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden
               Dm      G7                         C
Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes
C          Dm
I beg your pardon...