Garden Party - Ricky Nelson Chord Chart Page 3
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3GARDEN PARTY
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Intro: C Em7/B F G7 C Am F G7 (2 beats each)
C
F
C
F
I went to a garden party, to remi-nisce with my old friends
C
Em7/B
Am7 C7/G
F
G7
C
G7
A chance to share old memo-ries and play our songs a-gain
C
F
C
F
When I got to the garden party, they all knew my name
C
Em7/B Am7
C7/G
F
G7
C
But no one recog - nized me,
I didn't look the same
CHORUS:
F G7
C Am
F
G7
C
But it's all right now,
I learned my lesson well
F
C
F
G7
C
G7
You see you can't please everyone, so you got to please your-self
C
F
C
F
People came from miles around, everyone was there
C
Em7/B
Am7 C7/G
F
G7
C
G7
Yoko brought her walrus,
there was magic in the air
C
F
C
F
And over in the corner, much to my sur-prise
C
Em7/B
Am7 C7/G F
G7
C
Mr. Hughes hid in Dylan's shoes,
wearing his dis-guise
CHORUS, la da da da......
C
F
C
F
I played them all the old songs, I thought that's why they came
C
Em7/B
Am7 C7/G F
G7
C
G7
No one heard the music,
we didn't look the same
C
F
C
F
I said hello to Mary Lou,
she belongs to me
C
Em7/B
Am7 C7/G F
G7
C
When I sang a song about a honky-tonk,
it was time to leave
CHORUS, la da da da
C
F
C
F
Someone opened up a closet door and out stepped Johnny B. Goode
C
Em7/B
Am7
C7/G F
G7
C
G7
Playing gui-tar like a'ringin' a bell,
and lookin' like he should
C
F
C
F
If you gotta play at garden parties, I wish you a lot a' luck
C
Em7/B
Am7 C7/G F
G7
C
But if memo-ries were all I sang,
I'd rather drive a truck
CHORUS, la da da da,
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