Rose Garden

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

5  -4   4  -3 -3b
I beg your pardon
 -4 -4 5  -5  -5   5  -4 -4  4   4  5
 I never promised you a  ro~~se garden
5  -4   4   4   -3 -3b
Along with the sunshine
  -4     -4 -4 -5 -5 5 -4  -4  4   4   5   
There's got to be a little ra~~in sometimes

 -4   5   -5    5    -5  5   -5
When you take you've got to give
 5  -5   5   -5  -5 
So live and let live
 5  -5 -6  -5  5 -4
Or let go, OH OH OH
4  -3  -3b  -3b 3
I beg your pardon
 -4 -4 5  -5   -5  5  -4 -4  4   4 -4  5 
 I never promised you a  ro~~se gar~~den


4   -4   5   5   5     5
I could promise you things 
 -4   -5   5  5    -4   4
Like big diamond rings ~~
 4   -4   5     5   -5 5  -4  4
But you don't find roses growing
 4   -3   -3b -3b -4 
On stalks of clo-ver
-4  5   5  5    -5  -5 5 -4 
So you better think it over
  4   -4   5    5   5   5
Well, if sweet talkin' you
  -4   -5   5   5   -4
Could make it come true
4   -4    5   5   5    -5    5    5
I would give you the world right now
-4 4 -3 -3b  -3b -4   
On a silver platter
 -4   5    -5  -5  5  -4
But what would it matter ?
 5   -5   -5 -5  -5   5    5   -4  5 -5
So smile for a while and let's be jolly
  6    6   6    6 -5  -5 5 -4 4
Love shouldn't be so melancholy
 -5  -5 -5  -5  -5    5    5   -4 
Come along and share the good times
  4  -3b   4   5  -4  4  -3b  4
While we  can ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

5  -4   4  -3 -3b
I beg your pardon
 -4 -4 5  -5  -5   5  -4 -4  4   4  5
 I never promised you a  ro~~se garden
5  -4   4   4   -3 -3b
Along with the sunshine
  -4     -4 -4 -5 -5 5 -4  -4  4   4   5   
There's got to be a little ra~~in sometimes

Other verses (same tune)
I could sing you a tune or 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
You better look before you leap
Still waters run deep
And there won't always be someone there
To pull you out
And you know what I'm talkin' about
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

5  -4   4  -3 -3b
I beg your pardon
 -4 -4 5  -5  -5   5  -4 -4  4   4  5
 I never promised you a  ro~~se garden
5  -4   4   4   -3 -3b
Along with the sunshine
  -4     -4 -4 -5 -5 5 -4  -4  4   4   5   
There's got to be a little ra~~in sometimes

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