Garden Party chords by
Rick Nelson
The Stone Canyon Band

1972Country184 views

Key: D major

Intro 1

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Bm

G

A

D

Bm

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Verse 1

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G

I went to a garden party

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G

To reminisce with my old friends

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A

Bm

A

A chance to share old memories

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A

D

And play our songs again

Verse 2

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G

When I got to the garden party

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They all knew my name

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A

Bm

A

No one recognized me

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D

I didn't look the same

Chorus 1

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Bm

But it's all right now

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D

I learned my lesson well

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D

You see, you can't please everyone

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D

So you got to please yourself

Verse 3

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People came from miles around

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Everyone was there

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Bm

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Yoko brought her warlus

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There was magic in the air

Verse 4

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An' over in the corner

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Much to my surprise

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Bm

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Mr. Hughes hid in dylan's shoes

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D

Wearing his disguise

Chorus 2

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D

Bm

all right now

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I learned my lesson well

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D

You see, you can't please everyone

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A

D

So you got to please yourself

Interlude 1

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Bm

Lott-in-dah-dah-dah

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Lot-in-dah-dah-dah

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[Lap steel]

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Verse 5

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Played them all the old songs

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Thought that's why they came

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No one heard the music

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We didn't look the same

Verse 6

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I said hello to Mary Lou

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She belongs to me

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Bm

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When I sang a about about a honky-tonk

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It was time to leave

Chorus 3

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D

Bm

But it's all right now

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A

D

I learned my lesson well

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D

You see, you can't please everyone

G

A

D

So you got to please yourself

Interlude 2

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Lott-in-dah-dah-dah

Bm

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(lot-dah-dah-dah)

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Lot-in-dah-dah-dah

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D

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Verse 7

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Someone opened up a closet door

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And out stepped johnny B. Goode

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Playing guitar like a-ringin' a bell

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And lookin' like he should

Verse 8

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If you gotta play at garden parties

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I wish you a lot of

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Bm

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But if memories were all I sang

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D

I rather drive a truck

Chorus 4

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A

D

Bm

But it's all right now

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A

D

I learned my lesson well

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D

You see, you can't please everyone

G

A

D

So you got to please yourself

Interlude 3

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A

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Lott-in-dah-dah-dah

Bm

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(lot-dah-dah-dah)

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D

Lot-in-dah-dah-dah

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D

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Chorus 5

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A

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Bm

And it's all right now

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A

D

I learned my lesson well

G

D

You see, you can't please everyone

G

A

D

So you got to please yourself

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