Rose Garden Joe South
 
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C Dm G C
 I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden
  Dm G C
along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes.
 F Dm
When you take you gotta give so live and let live and let go oh oh oh oh
 G  C 
I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden
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 C 
I could promise you things like big diamond rings
  Dm
but you don't find roses growin' on stalks of clover
 G
so you better think it over.
 C 
When it's sweet talking you could make it come true
 Dm
I would give you the world right now on a silver platter
 G
but what would it matter.
 
 Dm G Em A
So smile for a while and let's be jolly love shouldn't be so melancholy
Dm  F G
Come along and share the good times while we can.
 Dm G C
I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden
 Dm G C
along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes.
 
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C Dm G C
 I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden
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 C 
I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon 
 Dm
but if that's what it takes to hold you I'd just as soon let you go
 G
but there's one thing I want you to know.
 C 
You better look before you leap still waters run deep
 / Dm
and there won't always be someone there to pull you out.
 G
And you know what I'm talking about.
 
 Dm G Em  A
So smile for a while and let's be jolly love shouldn't be so melancholy
Dm F G
Come along and share the good times while we can.
 Dm G C
I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden
 Dm G C 
along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes.
 Dm G C
I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden.