Rose Garden chords Joe South 1969 (song made famous by Lynn Anderson) G G Am D7 I beg your pardon G I never promised you a rose garden Am D7 Along with the sunshine G There's gotta be a little rain some time C When you take you gotta give so live and let live Am Or let go oh-nah nah nah G Am D7 I beg your pardon G I never promised you a rose garden G I could promise you things like big diamond rings Am But you don't find roses growin' in fields of clover D D7 So you better think it over G Well if sweet-talkin' you could make it come true Am then I would give you the world right now on a silver platter D D7 But what wouldn t really matter Am D So smile for a while and let's be jolly D7 E7 E Love shouldn't be so melancholy Am C D7 Come along and share the good times while we can G Am D7 I beg your pardon G I never promised you a rose garden Am D7 Along with the sunshine G There's gotta be a little rain some time C When you take you gotta give so live and let live Am Or let go oh-nah nah nah G Am D7 I beg your pardon G I never promised you a rose garden G I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon But if that's what it takes to hold you Am I'd just as soon let you go D 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 D Am D7 So smile for a while and let's be jolly D E7 E Love shouldn't be so melancholy Am C D7 Come along and share the good times while we can G Am D7 I beg your pardon G I never promised you a rose garden Am D7 Along with the sunshine G There's gotta be a little rain some time C When you take you gotta give so live and let live Am Or let go oh-nah nah nah G Am D7 I beg your pardon G I never promised you a rose garden G Am D7 I beg your pardon G G I never promised you a rose garden Set8