Intro:  Cm G# F G
            F G Cm
            F G Cm

                  Dm
I beg your pardon
G                                       C
  I never promised you a rose garden
                         Dm
Along with the sunshine
G                                        C 
  There's gotta be a little rain some time

                  F                              
When you take you gotta give so live and let live
           
Or let go oh-whoa-whoa-whoa
                   G
I beg your pardon
                                        C
I never promised you a rose garden

             C   
I could promise you things like big diamond rings
              C                                                         Dm 
But you don't find roses growin' on stalks of clover
                                    G
So you better think it over
               C
Well if sweet-talkin' 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
So smile for a while and let's be jolly
Em                              A7  
Love shouldn't be so melancholy
Dm                                                                         F   G
Come along and share the good times while we can

I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
There's gotta be a little rain some time

<brief instrumental interlude>

I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden

I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon
But if that's what it takes to hold you
I'd just as soon let you go
But there's one thing I want you to know
You better look before you leap, still waters run deep
And there won't always be someone there to pull you out
And you know what I'm talkin' about
So smile for a while and let's be jolly
Love shouldn't be so melancholy
Come along and share the good times while we can

I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
There's gotta be a little rain some time

FADE

This song is lovingly dedicated to
George S.

from his lost love,
Tigereyes

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