Ricky Nelson
Transposer

Garden Party


Ricky Nelson


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Song : F#
Intro :
D D6 Dmaj7

D Dmaj7 D6 D D D6 Dsus D
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
D G
I went to a garden party
D G
to reminisce with my old friends.
D Dmaj7 D6 D
A chance to share old memories
G A D
and play our songs again.
D G
When I got to the garden party,
D G
they all knew my name,
D Dmaj7 D6 D
but no one recog - nized me,
G A D
I didn't look the same

Chorus :

D G A D D6
But it's, all right now.
G A D
I learned my lesson well.
G D
You see you, can't please everyone,
G A D
so you got to please yourself.

D G
People came from miles around.
D G
Everyone was there.
D Dmaj7 D6 D
Yoko brought her walrus.
G A D
There was magic in the air.
D G D G
And over in the corner, much to my surprise,
D Dmaj7 D6 D G A D
Mr. Hughes hid in Dylan's shoes wearing his disguise.

Chorus :

D G A D D6
But it's, all right now.
G A D
I learned my lesson well.
G D
You see you, can't please everyone,
G A D
so you got to please yourself.
G A D G A D
Lot da da, lot n da da da
G D G A D

D G
I played them all the old songs,
D G
I thought that's why they came.
D Dmaj7 D6 D
No one heard the music,
G A D
We didn't look the same.

D G D G
I said hello to "Mary Lou", she belongs to me.
D Dmaj7 D6 D G A D
When I sang a song about a honky tonk, it was time to leave.

Chorus :

D G A D D6
But it's, all right now.
G A D
I learned my lesson well.
G D
You see you, can't please everyone,
G A D
so you got to please yourself.
G A D G A D
Lot da da, lot n da da da
G D G A D

D G
Someone opened up the closet door
D G
and out stepped Johnny B. Goode,
D Dmaj7 D6 D
Playing guitar like a ringin' a bell
G A D
and lookin'like he should.
G
If you gotta play at garden parties,
D G
I wish you a lotta luck
D Dmaj7 D6 D
But if memories were all I sang,
G A D
I'd rather drive a truck.

Chorus :

D G A D D6
But it's, all right now.
G A D
I learned my lesson well.
G D
You see you, can't please everyone,
G A D
so you got to please yourself.
G A D G A D
Lot da da, lot n da da da
G D G A D

D G A D D6
And it's, all right now.
G A D
I learned my lesson well.
G D
You see you, can't please everyone,
G A D
so you got to please yourself.

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