C F Dm G Am Dm G F

It's three miles to the river that would carry me away, Dm G

and two miles to the dusty street that I saw you on today, C F

It's four miles to my lonely room where I'm gonna hide my face, Dm G

and about half a mile to the downtown bar that I ran from in disgrace Am Lord how long have I got to kee on running! Dm "even hours, seven days or seven years! G F

All I know is since you've been gone, feel like I'm drowning

in a river C Drowning in a river of tears F Drowning in a river Dm G C

Feel like I'm drowning, drowning in a river of tears

F ear without a trace,

In three more days, I leave this town, in disa Dm G

a year from now maybe settle down, where no one knows my face, C F

I wish that I could hold you one more time to ease the ain, Dm G

#ut my times run out and I got to go, got to run away again Am "till I catch myself thinking Dm one day I'll find my way back here G F

And you'll save me from drowning, C Drowning in a river of tears F Drowning in a river Dm G C

Feel like I'm drowning, drowning in a river of tears

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. I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden.

I could promise you things like big diamond rings, But you don't ind roses growin' on stalks o clover. !o you better think it over. Well, i sweet"talkin' you could make it come true, I would give you the world right now on a silver platter, But what would it matter# !o smile or a while and let's be $olly% &ove shouldn't be so melancholy. 'ome along and share the good times while we can.

I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden. Along with the sunshine, There's gotta be a little rain sometimes.

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I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden.

I could sing you a tune or promise you the moon,

But i that's what it takes to hold you, I'd $ust as soon let you go, but there's one thing I want you to know. (ou better look be ore 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. !o smile or a while and let's be $olly% &ove shouldn't be so melancholy. 'ome along and share the good times while we can.

I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden. Along with the sunshine, There's gotta be a little rain sometimes.

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