| D | A | G | A | |
| He works hard to | give her all he | thinks she wants |
| D | A | G | A | |
| Three car garage, | her own credit c | ards |
| G | A | D | G | |
| He | pulls in late to | wake her up | with a kiss good | night |
| G | D | A | |
| If he could only | read her mind she'd | say |
| Chorus: |
| A | D | Bm | |
| Buy me a | rose, call me from | work |
| G | A | |
| Open a | door for me what would it | hurt |
| D | G | |
| Show me you | love me by that look in your | eye |
| D | A | D | |
| These are the little | things I need the most in my | life |
| Verse 2: |
| D | A | G | A | |
| Now the days have | grown to years | of feeling all alon | e |
| D | A | G | A | |
| She can't help but | wonder what she | 's doing wron | g |
| G | A | D | G | |
| Lat | ely she'd try any | thing to tur | n his head |
| G | D | A | |
| Would it make a d | ifference if she'd s | aid |
| Chorus |
| Bridge/Verse 3: |
| G | A | |
| And the | more that he lives, the | less that he tries |
| G | A | |
| To | show her the love that | he holds inside |
| G | A | |
| And the | more that she gives, the | more that he sees |
| G | A | |
| This is a story of you and | me |
| A | D | Bm | |
| So I | bought you a | rose on the way home from | work |
| G | A | |
| To open the | door to a heart that I | hurt |
| D | G | |
| And I hope you | noticed this look in my | eye |
| D | A | D | |
| Cause I'm gonna make things | right for the rest of your | life |
| D | A | |
| The rest of your | life |
| G | |
| And | I'm gonna hold you tonight |
| D | A | D | |
| Do all those little t | hings for the rest of your l | ife |