I Never Promised You A Rose Garden

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Intro
1a.
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-1~-1-11-2~-2-22-3~-3-33-1~-1-11-----------------|
E|---------------------------------1~-1-11-1~-1-11-|

1b
G|-------------------------------------|
D|---------11-333-111--------111-------|
A|-111-444------------44-111-----44-1x-|
E|-------------------------------------|

Verse
"I beg your pardon..."
2.
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------1-5-51-3----------0-3-30---0-3-30-|
A|-------------------------------------3----------3-0-03-1--------1--------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

"When you take you gotta give..."
3.
G|---0-3-30---0-3-30-------------------2-5-52---2-5-52--------------------|
D|-1--------1----------1---1---1---1-3--------3----------0-3-30-----------|
A|-------------------3---3---3---3---------------------1--------1x--------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

"I could promise you things..."
4.
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------333300--------5-5------5-5-33333333-33333333-|
A|-11111111-11111111-1111111-1------11-33336-6--33336-6--------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

"When it's sweet talking you could make it come true"
5.
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------333300--------5-5------5-5-33333333-331100---|
A|-11111111-11111111-1111111-1------11-33336-6--33336-6-----------------33-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
"So, smile for a while..."
6.
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------11111111-3x--------|
A|-33333333----------55555555----------33333333-33333333--------------------|
E|----------11111111----------33333333--------------------------------------|

Outro
"I beg your pardon..."
7.
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---1-5-51-3----------0-3-30---0-3-30---1-5-51-3----------0-3-30---0-3-30-|
A|-3----------3-0-03-1--------1--------3----------3-0-03-1--------1--------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

8.
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-1~-1-11-2~-2-22-3~-3-33-1~-1-11-----------------11111111-1x--------|
E|---------------------------------1~-1-11-1~-1-11--------------------|

Verse
"I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon..."
9.
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------333300--------5-5------5-5-33333333-33333333-|
A|-11111111-11111111-1111111-1------11-33336-6--33336-6--------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

"So look before you leap still waters run deep..."
10.
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------333300--------5-5------5-5-33333333-331100---|
A|-11111111-11111111-1111111-1------11-33336-6--33336-6-----------------33-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
"So, smile for a while..."
11.
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------11111111-3x--------|
A|-33333333----------55555555----------33333333-33333333--------------------|
E|----------11111111----------33333333--------------------------------------|

Outro
"I beg your pardon..."
12.
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---1-5-51-3----------0-3-30---0-3-30---1-5-51-3----------0-3-30---0-3-30-|
A|-3----------3-0-03-1--------1--------3----------3-0-03-1--------1--------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

"When you take you gotta give..."
13.
G|---0-3-30---0-3-30-------------------2-5-52---2-5-52--------------------|
D|-1--------1----------1---1---1---1-3--------3----------0-3-30-----------|
A|-------------------3---3---3---3---------------------1--------1x--------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

14a.
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-1~-1-11-2~-2-22-3~-3-33-1~-1-11-----------------|
E|---------------------------------1~-1-11-1~-1-11-|

14b
G|-------------------------------------|
D|---------11-333-111--------111-------|
A|-111-444------------44-111-----44-1x-|
E|-------------------------------------|


Lyrics:

I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden
ran along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometime.
When you take you gotta give so live and let live and let go oh oh oh oh
I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden

I could promise you things like big diamond rings
but I don't find roses growin' on stalks of clover
so you better think it over.
When it's sweet talking you could make it come true
I would give you the world right now on a silver platter
but what would it matter.

So smile for a while and let's be jolly love shouldn't be so melancholy
Come along and share the good times while we can.

I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon 
but if that's what it takes to hold you I'd just as soon let you go
but there's one thing I want you to know.
So look before you leap still waters run deep
and there won't always be someone to pull you out.
And you know what I'm talking about.    
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The Suicide Machines were a band formed in 1991 in Detroit, Michigan under the original name Jack Kevorkian and the Suicide Machines. The band’s original lineup consisted of Jason Navarro on vocals, Dan Lukacinsky on guitar, Jason Brake on bass, and Stefan Rairigh on drums. This lineup lasted a year until Bill Jennings replaced Rairigh, but he was himself soon replaced by Derek Grant. They recorded the band’s first demos The Essential Kevorkian and Green World in 1993 and 1994, both released through their own label Sluggo’s Old Skool Records.

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