A5 D5 G5 I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden A5 D5 G5 along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometime. C5 A5 When you take you gotta give so live and let live and let go oh oh oh oh D5 G5 I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden G5 1. I could promise you things like big diamond rings 2. I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon A5 1. but I don't find roses growin' on stalks of glover 2. but if that's what it takes to hold you I'd just as soon let you go D5 1. so you better think it over. 2. but there's one thing I want you to know. G5 1. When it's sweet talking you could make it come true 2. So look before you leap still waters run deep A5 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. D5 1. but what would it matter. 2. And you know what I'm talking about. A5 D5 E5 So smile for a while and let's be jolly love shouldn't be so melancholy A5 C5 D5 Come along and share the good times while we can.