Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden Ukulele Chords
Before you play, tune your ukulele and use the tools below to set up your view and flow.
Ukulele C chord diagram
Ukulele Dm chord diagram
Ukulele G chord diagram
Ukulele F chord diagram
Ukulele Gm chord diagram
Ukulele A7 chord diagram
Ukulele Fm chord diagram
Ukulele A chord diagram
[Opening]
[C]I beg your [Dm]pardon [G]I never promised you a [C]rose garden
Along with the [Dm]sunshine [G]there’s gotta be a little [C]rain sometime
When you [F]take you gotta give so live and let live or let
[Dm]go oh oh oh [F]oh I beg your [G]pardon
I never promised you a [C]rose garden
[section 2]
I could [C]promise you things like big diamond rings
But you don’t find roses growing on stalks of [Dm]clover
So you better think it [G]over
Well, if [C]sweet talking you could make it come true
I would give you the world right now on a silver [Dm]platter
But what would it [G]matter
[chorus]
So [Dm]smile for a while and [G]let’s be jolly
[Gm]love shouldn’t be so [A7]melancholy
[Dm]Come along and share the good times while we [Fm]c[G]an
I beg your [Dm]pardon [G]I never promised you a [C]rose garden
Along with the [Dm]sunshine [G]there’s gotta be a little [C]rain sometime
[interlude]
[F] [A] [Dm] [F]
[section 3]
I beg your [G]pardon I never promised you a [C]rose garden
[Closing]
I could [C]sing you a tune and promise you the moon
But if that’s what it takes to hold you I’d just as soon [Dm]let you go
But there’s one thing I [G]want you to know
You’d better [C]look before you leap still waters run deep
And there won’t always be someone there to [Dm]pull you out
And you know what I’m [G]talking about
[chorus]
So [Dm]smile for a while and [G]let’s be jolly
[Gm]love shouldn’t be so [A7]melancholy
[Dm]Come along and share the good times while we [Fm]c[G]an
I beg your [Dm]pardon [G]I never promised you a [C]rose garden
Along with the [Dm]sunshine [G]there’s gotta be a little [C]rain sometime
I beg your [Dm]pardon [G]I never promised you a [C]rose garden
How to play Rose Garden on Ukulele (Step-by-step)
Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden on ukulele requires 8 chords and 13 core chord transitions. You can find the full step-by-step guide below. Before you start, tune your instrument. The song uses the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ pattern; practice it muted first, or simplify to downstrokes while you learn the changes.
Rose Garden uses these transitions most often: Dm → G (13), G → C (11), and C → Dm (9). These transitions may feel a little challenging at first, but with steady practice you can play this song quickly.When you are ready, begin with C - Dm chord transition.
1. C → Dm chord transition
To move from C to Dm;
- Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on C string fret 2.
- Place index finger on E string fret 1.
- Place middle finger on G string fret 2.
2. Dm → G chord transition
To move from Dm to G;
- Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on C string fret 2.
- Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to A string fret 2.
- Lift your ring finger from C string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 3.
3. G → C chord transition
To move from G to C;
- While playing G, first lift your index finger and middle finger.
- Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.
4. C → F chord transition
To move from C to F;
- While playing C, lift your ring finger from A string fret 3.
- Place index finger on E string fret 1.
- Place middle finger on G string fret 2.
5. F → Dm chord transition
To move from F to Dm;
- Keep index finger on E string fret 1.
- Keep middle finger on G string fret 2.
- Place ring finger on C string fret 2.
6. F → G chord transition
To move from F to G;
- Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on C string fret 2.
- Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to A string fret 2.
- Place ring finger on E string fret 3.
7. G → Gm chord transition
To move from G to Gm;
- Lift your index finger from C string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 1.
- Slide your middle finger from A string fret 2 to C string fret 2.
- Keep ring finger on E string fret 3.
8. Gm → A7 chord transition
To move from Gm to A7;
- While playing Gm, first lift your middle finger and ring finger.
- Lift your index finger from A string fret 1 and place it on C string fret 1.
9. A7 → Dm chord transition
To move from A7 to Dm;
- Lift your index finger from C string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
- Place middle finger on G string fret 2.
- Place ring finger on C string fret 2.
10. Dm → Fm chord transition
To move from Dm to Fm;
- While playing Dm, lift your ring finger from C string fret 2.
- Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on G string fret 1.
- Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to E string fret 1.
- Place pinky on A string fret 3.
11. Fm → G chord transition
To move from Fm to G;
- While playing Fm, lift your pinky from A string fret 3.
- Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on C string fret 2.
- Slide your middle finger from E string fret 1 to A string fret 2.
- Place ring finger on E string fret 3.
12. F → A chord transition
To move from F to A;
- Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on C string fret 1.
- Keep middle finger on G string fret 2.
13. A → Dm chord transition
To move from A to Dm;
- Lift your index finger from C string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
- Keep middle finger on G string fret 2.
- Place ring finger on C string fret 2.
Rose Garden chord transition analysis
A short, data-driven summary of the chord flow in Rose Garden.
- Rose Garden includes 56 chord transitions, 13 of them unique.
- These transitions represent 0.01% of all chord transitions in Ukulelearn.
- Rose Garden contains 3 of the top 10 transitions across Ukulelearn.
- These transition patterns show how Rose Garden connects to the rest of Ukulelearn. Mastering them helps you move to similar songs faster.After Dm, the most likely next chords across Ukulelearn are C (18%), G (16%), and Am (14%).
- Dm → G: 16%
- Dm → F: 14%
After G, the most likely next chords across Ukulelearn are C (25%), D (24%), and Am (13%).- G → C: 25%
- G → Dm: 2%