Rose Garden Chords
by Joe South
Rose Garden by Joe South is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Am, D7, C, D, E7 and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G
G Am D7
I beg your pardon
G
I never promised you a rose garden
Am D7
Along with the sunshine
G
There's gotta be a little rain some time
C
When you take you gotta give so live and let live
Am
Or let go oh-nah nah nah
G Am D7
I beg your pardon
G
I never promised you a rose garden
G
I could promise you things like big diamond rings
Am
But you don't find roses growin' in fields of clover
D D7
So you better think it over
G
Well if sweet-talkin' you could make it come true
Am
then I would give you the world right now on a silver platter
D D7
But what wouldn t really matter
Am D
So smile for a while and let's be jolly
D7 E7 E
Love shouldn't be so melancholy
Am C D7
Come along and share the good times while we can
G Am D7
I beg your pardon
G
I never promised you a rose garden
Am D7
Along with the sunshine
G
There's gotta be a little rain some time
C
When you take you gotta give so live and let live
Am
Or let go oh-nah nah nah
G Am D7
I beg your pardon
G
I never promised you a rose garden
G
I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon
But if that's what it takes to hold you
Am
I'd just as soon let you go
D D7
But there's one thing I want you to know
G
You better look before you leap, still waters run deep
Am
And there won't always be someone there to pull you out
D7
And you know what I'm talkin' about
D Am D7
So smile for a while and let's be jolly
D E7 E
Love shouldn't be so melancholy
Am C D7
Come along and share the good times while we can
G Am D7
I beg your pardon
G
I never promised you a rose garden
Am D7
Along with the sunshine
G
There's gotta be a little rain some time
C
When you take you gotta give so live and let live
Am
Or let go oh-nah nah nah
G Am D7
I beg your pardon
G
I never promised you a rose garden
G Am D7
I beg your pardon
G G
I never promised you a rose garden