Intro: C F (x2)
C
Every now an' then, on my home,
F C
I stop at a spot where the wild flowers grow, an' I pick a few,
F
'Cause she don't tell me to.
C
I go out with my boys all right,
F C
But most of the time I call it a night before they do,
F
'Cause she don't tell me to.
C
Sunday mornin', I'm in church,
F C
An' my butt an' my back an' necktie hurt, but I'm in the pew,
F
She don't tell me to.
Chorus:
C
Any other woman I know would have tried,
F
To control me and it would be over.
C G
Plannin' on my goin' on my own way attitude.
C
All of that stubborness melts away,
F
When I wake with her head on my shoulder,
Bb
An' I know I've got to love her,
Dm Bb
Until my life is through,
C F
'Cause she don't tell me to.
C
Well, I got demons and I've got pride,
F C
But when I'm wrong, I apologiZe like she's mine to lose,
F
'Cause she don't tell me to.
C
Well, I got dreams in this heart of mine,
F C
But nothin' that I wouldn't lay aside if she asked me to.
F
'Cause she don't tell me to.
C
An' she don't even know,
F C
That she keeps lookin' for the next right thing to do,
F
'Cause she don't tell me to.
C G
Yeah, yeah.
Break: C-F C-G C-Bb
Chorus:
C
Any other woman I know would have tried,
Bb-F-C
To control me and it would be over.
C G
Plannin' on my goin' on my own way attitude.
C
All of that stubborness melts away,
F
When I wake with her head on my shoulder,
Bb
An' I know I've got to love her,
Dm
Until my life is through,
Bb
What else can I do, what else can I do?
Dm
Whoa, I love her,
C F
'Cause she don't tell me to.
C F
She don't tell me to.
C
Every now an' then, on my home,
F C
I stop at a spot where the wild flowers grow, an' I pick a few,
F
Yes I do
