Intro: B (strum and pause) Then: B, D#, G#m, E Intro/Chorus B This is the story of a man D# D#* Who took for granted everything he had G#m And how he let it all just slip away E~ Never to return again (Note that the E* is just a quick hammer-on on the 2nd fret of the G-string) Verse I: B Now twenty years have come and gone G#m And still he wonders what he did so wrong E And how that he can win back her heart F# And finally step outside of the dark B He buys fresh roses every day B/A# G#m Her favorite flower so she used to say E And now the memories all that he has left F# And I'm afraid he'll drink himself to death Chorus: B This is the story of a man D# Who took for granted everything he had G#m And how he let it all just slip away E Never to return again B D# Ooh G#m E~ Ooh Verse II: B It's clear she's moved on long ago G#m But he still clings on to a distant hope E That she’ll come and make a happy home F# For now it's him and the bottle all alone B Sometimes you'll see him in the yard B/A# G#m A wounded man with a desperate heart E He keeps the hedges trimmed nice and neat F# To keep them the way that the used to be Chorus: B This is the story of a man D# Who took for granted everything he had G#m And how he let it all just slip away E Never to return again B D# Ooh G#m E~ Ooh Outro: B A single dress hangs on its own G#m The scent of perfume all he has to hold E A wasted life waiting on a dream F# Hoping for things the way they used to be B This is the story of a man D# Who took for granted everything he had G#m And how he let it all just slip away E Never to return again End on: B
