I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Maggie)[C] [Intro] [Dm] [G7] [C] [C*] [Chorus] I beg your [Dm] pardon [G7] I never promised you a [C] rose garden Along with the [Dm] sunshine [G7] there's gotta be a little [C] rain sometimes When you [F] take you gotta give so live and let live or let [Dm] go oh oh oh oh I beg your [G7] pardon I never promised you a [C] rose garden [Verse 1] I could [C] promise you things like big diamond rings But you [C] don't find roses growing on stalks of cl-[Dm] over So you better think it o- [G7]ver Well if [C] sweet talkin you could make it come true I would [C] give you the world right now on a silver [Dm] platter But what would it [G7] matter [Chorus] So [Dm] smile for a while and [G7] let's be jolly [C] Love shouldn't be so [A] melancholy [Dm] Come along and share the good times while we [F] ca-[G7]n I beg your [Dm] pardon [G7] I never promised you a [C] rose garden Along with the [Dm] sunshine [G7] there's gotta be a little [C] rain sometime [Verse 2] I could [C] sing you a tune and promise you the moon But if [C] that's what it takes to hold you, I'd just as soon [Dm] let you go But there's one thing I [G7] want you to know You better [C] look before you leap, still waters run deep And there [C] won't always be someone there to [Dm] pull you out And you know what I'm [G7] talking about [Chorus] So [Dm] smile for a while and [G7] let's be jolly [C] Love shouldn't be so [A] melancholy] [Dm] Come along and share the good times while we [F] ca-[G7]n I beg your [Dm] pardon [G7] I never promised you a [C] rose garden Along with the [Dm] sunshine [G7] there's gotta be a little [C] rain sometime I beg your [Dm] pardon [G7] I never promised you a [C] rose garden Along with the [Dm] sunshine [G7] there's gotta be a little [C] rain sometime [Outro] last two lines [Dm] [G7] [C] [C] [Dm] [G7] [C] [C] Cha cha cha