♫ Intro: A|------00222000-----000---| E|000333--------33000---330| C|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| ♫ Chorus: N.C. Am D7 G I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden Am D7 G Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometime C Am When you take you gotta give so live and let live or let go D7 G I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden
♫ Verse 1: G I could promise you things like big diamond rings Am But you don't find roses growin' on stalks of clover D7 So you better think it over G Well, if sweet talkin' you could make it come true Am I would give you the world right now on a silver platter D7 But what would it matter? ♫ Pre-Chorus: Am D7 So smile for a while and let's be jolly F E7 Love shouldn't be so melancholy Am C D Come along and share the good times while we can ♫ Chorus: N.C. Am D7 G I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden Am D7 G G Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometime C E7 Am (No lyrics) C D7 G I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden ♫ Verse 2: G I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon Am But if that's what it takes to hold you I'd just as soon let you go 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 ♫ Pre-Chorus: Am D7 So smile for a while and let's be jolly F E7 Love shouldn't be so melancholy Am C D Come along and share the good times while we can ♫ Chorus: N.C. Am D7 G I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden Am D7 G Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometime ♫ Chorus: G Am D7 G I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden Am D7 G Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometime