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