Sandra by Barry Manilow
Chords transcribed by Rob Tomeldan
Date: May 6, 2010 (Song is great for Mother's day)
Intro: Em/D-C-Em/D-C
Em-D-C-D pause
D/DbShe's (x40232@1)a great little housewife
Bm (x24432@1) D (xx0232@1)
Though sometimes she talks like a fool
G (320003@1) GbmBut (244222@1)she helps at the store in the holiday rush
B (x2444x@1) Em (022000@1) AAnd (x02220@1)she picks up the kids after school
D/Am G (320003@1) Ab/G
And she puts down the phone when her husband comes home
Gbm (244222@1) BAnd (x2444x@1)she changes from mother to wife
Em (022000@1) A'Til (x02220@1)she feels the words hanging between them
DAnd (xx0232@1)she hangs by her words to her life
Db/D Bm (x24432@1) Gbm (244222@1)She says I swear I love my husband, I love my kids
Bm (x24432@1) Gbm (244222@1) Dbm/Gbm
I wanted to be like my mother
G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)
But if I hadn't done it as soon as I did
Bm (x24432@1) AmOh (x02210@1)there might have been time to be me
Dm/Am G (320003@1) GbmFor (244222@1)myself, for myself
Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)
There's so many things that she wishes
Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)
She don't even know what she's missin'
D (xx0232@1) Em-D-C-D
And that's how she knows that she missed
D/DbShe's (x40232@1)a sweetheart, except when she's moody
Bm (x24432@1) D (xx0232@1)
It's hard to get through to her then
G (320003@1) GbmDepressed (244222@1)for a while when the youngest was born
B (x2444x@1) Em (022000@1) AOh (x02220@1)but that happens now and again
D/Am G (320003@1) Ab/G
She might take a drink with the housework
Gbm (244222@1) BOr (x2444x@1)when Michael's kept late at the shop
Em (022000@1) AA (x02220@1)Martini or two before dinner
DBut (xx0232@1)she always knows when to stop
Db/D Bm (x24432@1) Gbm (244222@1)She says I swear I love my husband and I love my kids
Bm (x24432@1) Gbm (244222@1) Dbm/Gbm
You know I wanted to be like my mother
G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)
But if I hadn't done it as soon as I did
Bm (x24432@1) AmOh (x02210@1)there might have been time to be me
Dm/Am G (320003@1) GbmFor (244222@1)myself, for myself
Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) CThere's (x32010@1)so many things that she wishes
Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)
She don't even know what she's missin'
D (xx0232@1) Em-D-C-D
And that's how she knows that she missed
D/DbOh (x40232@1)they used to hold hands at the movies
Bm (x24432@1) D (xx0232@1)
Now it's seldom if ever they go
G (320003@1) GbmOnce (244222@1)you've paid for the sitter and parkin' the car
B (x2444x@1) Em (022000@1) AThere's (x02220@1)no money left for the show
D/Am G (320003@1)
She was doing the dishes
Ab/G Gbm (244222@1) BWhen (x2444x@1)a glass fell and broke on the tile
Em (022000@1) AAnd (x02220@1)she cut her wrist (quite by mistake)
DIt (xx0232@1)was real touch and go for a while
Db/D Bm (x24432@1) Gbm (244222@1)She says Oh God I love my husband and I love my kids
Bm (x24432@1) Gbm (244222@1) Dbm/Gbm
You know I wanted to be like my, my mother
G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)
But if I hadn't done it as soon as I did
Bm (x24432@1) AmOh (x02210@1)there might have been time to be me
Dm/Am G (320003@1) GbmFor (244222@1)myself, for myself
Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) CThere's (x32010@1)so many things that she wishes
Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)
She don't even know what she's missin'
D (xx0232@1) Em-D-C-D-C-D-Em
And that's how she knows that she missed
End...
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