Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Chorus

 I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden

 Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes

 When you take you gotta give so live and let live or let go oh oh oh oh

 I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden

Verse

 I could promise you things like big diamond rings

 But you don't find roses growing on a stalks of clover

 So you better think it over

 Well it's sweetin' talkin' you could make it come true

 I would give you the world right now on a silver platter

 But what would it matter

Pre-chorus

 So smile for a while and lets be jolly

Love shouldn't be so melancholy

Come along and share the good times while we can..

Chorus

 I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden

 Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes

 I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden

Verse

 I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon

 But if that's what it takes to hold, I'd just as soon let you go

 But there's one thing I want you to know

 You better look before you leap, still waters run deep

 And there won't always be someone there to pull you out

 And ya know what I'm talking about

Pre-chorus

 So smile for a while and lets be jolly

Love shouldn't be so melancholy

Come along and share the good times while we can..

Chorus

 I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden

 Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes

 I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden

 Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes

Outro