I never promised you a rose garden (midi)

C - F - C - F - C - F - 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 some time.

F Dm F - Dm

When you take you gotta give, so live and let live and let go......h,

G - G7 C

I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden.

C

1. 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

If sweet talking you could make it come true,

Dm

I'd give you the world right now on a silver platter,

G

but what would it matter.

Dm G

So smile for a while and let's be jolly,

Em A

love shouldn't be so melancholy,

Dm Fm -G

come along and share the good times while we c...an. + CHORUS

C

2. 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

So smile for a while and let's be jolly,

Em A

love shouldn't be so melancholy,

Dm Fm-G

come along and share the good times while we c...an.

+ CHORUS + CHORUS ...

(Lynn Anderson)