Garden Party Tab by
Rick Nelson
The Stone Canyon Band

1972Country184 views

Key: D major

Intro 1

D

Bm

G

A

E|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|---------0-------2-------4--------| E|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4

D

Bm

G

A

Verse 1

D

G

I went to a garden party

D

G

To reminisce with my old friends

D

A/C#

Bm

A

A chance to share old memories

G

A

D

And play our songs again

Verse 2

D

G

When I got to the garden party

D

G

They all knew my name

D

A/C#

Bm

A

No one recognized me

G

A

D

I didn't look the same

Chorus 1

G

A

D

Bm

But it's all right now

G

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

Verse 3

D

G

People came from miles around

D

G

Everyone was there

D

A/C#

Bm

A

Yoko brought her warlus

G

A

D

There was magic in the air

Verse 4

D

G

An' over in the corner

D

G

Much to my surprise

D

A/C#

Bm

A

Mr. Hughes hid in dylan's shoes

G

A

D

Wearing his disguise

Chorus 2

G

A

D

Bm

all right now

G

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

Interlude 1

G

A

D

Bm

Lott-in-dah-dah- dah

G

A

D

Lot-in-dah-dah- dah

G

[Lap steel]

D

G

A

D

Verse 5

D

G

Played them all the old songs

D

G

Thought that's why they came

D

A/C#

Bm

A

No one heard the music

G

A

D

We didn't look the same

Verse 6

D

G

I said hello to Mary Lou

D

G

She belongs to me

D

A/C#

Bm

A

When I sang a about about a honky-tonk

G

A

D

It was time to leave

Chorus 3

G

A

D

Bm

But it's all right now

G

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

Interlude 2
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D|-2---4-------3p--2---0-------0----|
A|-------------------------2--------|
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Verse 7

D

G

Someone opened up a closet door

D

G

And out stepped johnny B. Goode

D

A/C#

Bm

A

Playing gui tar like a- ringin' a bell

G

A

D

And lookin' like he should

Verse 8

D

G

If you gotta play at garden parties

D

G

I wish you a lot of

D

A/C#

Bm

A

But if memories were all I sang

G

A

D

I rather drive a truck

Chorus 4

G

A

D

Bm

But it's all right now

G

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

Interlude 3
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A|-------------------------0h2------|
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Chorus 5
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And it's all right now
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I  learned my lesson well
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You see, you can't please everyone
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So you got to please yourself
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   1       2       3       4
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A|-----2---4---5--------------------|
E|-5--------------------------------|
   1       2       3       4

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