Ricky Nelson
Garden Party

Song : 
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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  
When I sang a song about a honky tonk, 
    G        A   D
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.