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Ricky Nelson - Garden Party Chords

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Garden Party Chords

(ver. 1)
Ricky Nelson
[Intro] Each chord is one beat

D G - D G - D G - D G

[Verse 1]
  D         D          G   G       D            D           G    G
I went to a garden part--y  to remi--nisce with my old friends---
  D         F#m        Bm   Bm             G                A         D   D
A chance to share old  memor----ies            and play our songs again---
        D          D          G    G   D            D         G     G
 When I got to the garden par---ty,    they all knew-- my name----
    D         D       G              G     Em          A           D   D
but no one recog  -   nized---    me,         I didn't look the same---

[Chorus]
             G   A     D    D            G          A      D     D
   But it's, all right now.            I learned my lesson well
                G       G      D       D       G        A              D  D
   You see you,   can't please everyone, so you  got to please yourself

[Verse 2]
D                D           G    G  D    D            G        G
People came for miles around---.     Everyone was there---
D         F#m    Bm         Bm                 G        A       D   D
Yoko brought her walrus.             There was    magic in the air--
    D    D      G      G  D       D     G     G
And over in the corner,   much to my surprise,
D   D              G          G         Em     A     D    D
Mr. Hughes hid in Dylan's   shoes     wearing his disguise

[Chorus]
             G   A     D    D            G          A      D     D
   But it's, all right now.            I learned my lesson well
                G       G      D       D       G        A              D  D
   You see you,   can't please everyone, so you  got to please yourself
G   A  D  D  G     A     D  D    G   G   D   D   G  A  D   D
Lot da da,   lot n da da da

[Verse 3]
  D           D           G        G    D              D          G     G
I played them all the old--- songs,   I thought that's why they came---
D      F#m       Bm    Bm       G           A         D    D
No one heard the mu----sic,       We didn't look the same
D           D         G       G    D        D      G   G
I said hel--lo to "Mar---y Lou",   she belongs to me
       D      D            G         G         Em       A        D      D
When I sang a song about a honky tonk,           it was time to leave--

[Chorus]
             G   A     D    D            G          A      D     D
   But it's, all right now.            I learned my lesson well
                G       G      D       D       G        A              D  D
   You see you,   can't please everyone, so you  got to please yourself
G   A  D  D  G     A     D  D    G   G   D   D   G  A  D   D
Lot da da,   lot n da da da

[Verse 4]
        D             D          G    G       D           D          G      G
Someone opened up the closet door---      and out stepped Johnny B. Goode---
D       F#m           Bm        Bm    G            A           D     D
Playing guitar like a ringin' a bell    and lookin'like he should---
       D             D           G      G    D          D         G  G
If you gotta play at garden part---ies,    I wish you a lot of luck----
       D   D            G           G    Em            A          D
But if memories were all     I sang,        I'd rather drive a truck----

[Chorus]
             G   A     D    D            G          A      D     D
   But it's, all right now.            I learned my lesson well
                G       G      D       D       G        A              D  D
   You see you,   can't please everyone, so you  got to please yourself
G   A  D  D  G     A     D  D    G   G   D   D   G  A  D   D
Lot da da,   lot n da da da

[Final Chorus]
          G   A     D    D           G          A      D     D
And it's, all right now.           I learned my lesson well.
                G       G      D       D       G        A              D  D
   You see you,   can't please everyone, so you  got to please yourself

Outro  G A D
            
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