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
When you take you gotta give so live and let live
       Dm
or let go-o-o-o
           G                             C
I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden
C
I could promise you things like big diamond rings
                                                Dm
but you don't find roses growing on a stalks of clover
                       G
so you better think it over
          C
Well it's sweetin' 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 lets be jolly
C                   A
love shouldn't be so meloncholly
Dm                                           F G
Come along and share the good times while we c-an

I beg you pardon I never promised you a rose garden
along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes
I beg you 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, 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 ya know what I'm talking about

So smile for a while and lets be jolly
love shouldn't be so meloncholly
Come along and share the good times while we can
I beg you pardon I never promised you a rose garden
along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes
I beg you pardon I never promised you a rose garden
along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes