Rose Garden chords by Johnny Mathis

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Verse 1
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 (D major) I  beg  (G major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major) your par (E minor) don,
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I  (A major) never promised you a  (D major) rose garden
Em 
Along with the sun (E minor) shine,
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there's  (A major) gotta be a little rain  (D major) sometime
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When you  (G major) take you gotta give,
Em 
so live and let live or  (E minor) let go
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Oh, I beg your par (A major) don,
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I never promised you a  (D major) rose garden
I could promise you things
like big diamond rings
But you don't find roses
Em 
growing on sparks of clover  (E minor) 
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So you better think it  (A major) over
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When the  (D major) sweet talking
you would make it come true
I would give you the world right now
Em 
on a silver plat (E minor) ter
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But what would it  (A major) matter?
Em 
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So smile  (E minor) for a while and let's  (A major) be jolly
Am 
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Love  (A minor) shouldn't be so melancholy  (B major) 
Em 
Come  (E minor) along and share the good
Gm 
times while we can (G minor) 
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I  (D major) beg  (B minor) your par (E minor) don
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I  (A major) never promised you a  (D major) rose garden,
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along with the sunshine  (E minor) 
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It's  (A major) gotta be a little  (D major) rain
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sometime  (G major)  (Gaug)  (E minor) 
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I beg your par (A major) don,
D 
I never promised you a  (D major) rose garden
I could sing you a tune
and promise you a moon
But if that's what it takes to hold you,
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I'd just as soon let  (E minor) you go
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But there's one thing I  (A major) want you to know
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You better look  (D major) before you leap,
still waters run deep
And there won't always be
Em 
someone there to pull  (E minor) you out
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And you know what I'm  (A major) talking about
Em 
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Oh, smile  (E minor) for a while and let's  (A major) be jolly
Am 
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Love  (A minor) shouldn't be so  (B major) melancholy
Em 
Come  (E minor) along and share the
Gm 
good times while we can  (G minor) 
A 
D 
Em 
I  (A major) beg  (D major) your par (E minor) don
A 
D 
I  (A major) never promised you a  (D major) rose garden
Em 
Along with sun (E minor) shine
A 
D 
There's  (A major) gotta be a little rain  (D major) sometime,
Em 
I beg your par (E minor) don
A 
D 
I  (A major) never promised you a  (D major) rose garden
Em 
 (E minor) 