Chords transcribed by Rob Tomeldan 


Intro: E5 - C5 - E5 - C5
       E5 - D5 - C5 - D5 pause
  
        D5
She's a great little housewife
                     B5               D5      
Though sometimes she talks like a fool
                     G5                    Gb5
But she helps at the store in the holiday rush
B5                    E5               A5
And she picks up the kids after school
D5                  G5                            Ab5
And she puts down the phone when her husband comes home
                     Gb5            B5
And she changes from mother to wife
                         E5                   A5
'Til she feels the words hanging between them
                     D5
And she hangs by her words to her life

 Db5   B5                         Gb5 
She says I swear I love my husband, I love my kids
  B5                   Gb5     Db5
I wanted to be like my mother
         G5                 A5        
But if I hadn't done it as soon as I did
         B5                            A5
Oh there might have been time to be me
D5     G5         Gb5
For myself, for myself
        E5                  D5   C5     
There's so many things that she wishes
    E5                   D5     C5      
She don't even know what she's missin'
    D5                             E5 - D5 - C5 - D5     
And that's how she knows that she missed

        D5
She's a sweetheart, except when she's moody
                 B5                 D5      
It's hard to get through to her then
               G5                            Gb5
Depressed for a while when the youngest was born
       B5           E5            A5
Oh but that happens now and again
   D5          G5                        Ab5
She might take a drink with the housework
                       Gb5             B5
Or when Michael's kept late at the shop
             E5                A5
A Martini or two before dinner
               D5
But she always knows when to stop

  Db5  B5                         Gb5 
She says I swear I love my husband and I love my kids
           B5                   Gb5     Db5
You know I wanted to be like my mother
         G5                 A5        
But if I hadn't done it as soon as I did
         B5                            A5
Oh there might have been time to be me
D5     G5         Gb5
For myself, for myself
        E5                  D5   C5
There's so many things that she wishes
    E5                   D5     C5      
She don't even know what she's missin'
    D5                             E5 - D5 - C5 - D5     
And that's how she knows that she missed

        D5
Oh they used to hold hands at the movies
                  B5            D5      
Now it's seldom if ever they go
                         G5                    Gb5
Once you've paid for the sitter and parkin' the car
        B5        E5                A5
There's no money left for the show
        D5      G5                            
She was doing the dishes
       Ab5                       Gb5   B5
When a glass fell and broke on the tile
                E5                   A5
And she cut her wrist (quite by mistake)
                      D5
It was real touch and go for a while

    Db5 B5                      Gb5 
She says Oh God I love my husband and I love my kids
           B5                       Gb5   Db5
You know I wanted to be like my, my mother
         G5                 A5        
But if I hadn't done it as soon as I did
         B5                         A5
Oh there might have been time to be me
D5  G5         Gb5
For myself, for myself
        E5                  D5   C5
There's so many things that she wishes
    E5                   D5     C5      
She don't even know what she's missin'
    D5                            E5 - D5 - C5 - D5 - C5 - D5 - E5            
And that's how she knows that she missed

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