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Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 11:17:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: JJ McLallen <jam_ump10r@yahoo.com>
Subject: Buy Me a Rose

I made several modifications to Tully Carr's entry.
It's easier to read, and I believe that these chords
are more accurate.

JJ McLallen
******Play with capo on first fret.********

         BUY ME A ROSE   Kenny Rogers

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 cards
      G              A         D        G            
A
He pulls in late to wake her up with a kiss good-night
             G            A          A7
If he could only read her mind she'd say
CHORUS:
            D                   Bm
1.)Buy me a rose   call me from work
2.)I need a rose         ‘’         ‘’    
        G		         A
Open a door for me what would it hurt
             D                          G
Show me you love me by the look in your eyes
D                    A                             D
These are the little things I need the most in my life


         D                 A                G        
A 
Now the days have grown to years of feeling all alone
D                  A                 G               
A 
She can't help but wonder what she’s doing wrong
G                A       D             G
Lately she'd try anything to turn his head
A               G                    A            A7
Would it make a difference if she'd said
Go to chorus using 2.)

        G                      A
And the more that he lives the less that he tries
   G                       D
To show her that love that he holds inside
        G                       A 
And the more that she gives the more that he sees
 G                         A       A7
This is a story of you and me
                   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 eyes
      D                     A                         

Cause I'm gonna make things right  
                       D
For the rest of your life 
                   A        G
(The rest of your life) And I'm gonna hold you tonight
D                    A                           D 
Do all those little things for the rest of your life.