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