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...