G5                                  D5
At last the kids are gone now for the day
    E5              C5             G5                 D5
She reaches for the coffee as the school bus pulls away
  G5                              D5
Another day to tend the house and plan
    E5               C5              G5                D5
For Friday at the Legion when she's dancing with her man

     G5                        D5
Sure was a bitter winter, but Friday will be fine
    E5                                  C5
And maybe last year's Easter dress will serve her one more time
      G5                                D5
She'd pass for twenty-nine but for her eyes
    A5               D5           G5
But Winter lines are telling wicked lies

Chorus:
   A5 G5 C5 D5 C5                  G5                     A5      D5
All lies....           All those lines, they're telling wicked lies
A5 G5 C5  D5   C5
Lies....  All lies....
    G5
Too many lines there in that face
    A5                       C5
Too many to erase or to disguise
     D5            G5     *     D5    *     A5 G5 C5 D5 C5
They must be telling lies

Is this the face that won for her the man
Whose amazed and clumsy fingers slipped that ring upon her hand
No need to search that wirror for the years
The menace in their message shouts across the blur of tears

So is this beauty's finish?  Like Rodin's "Belle Heaulmiere"?
The pretty maiden trapped inside the ranch wife's toil and care
Well, after seven kids, that's no surprise
But why cannot the mirror tell her lies?

Chorus

She shakes off the bitter web she wove
Turns and puts the mirror gently face down by the stove
She gathers up her apron in her hand
Pours a cup of coffee, drips Carnation from the can

And thinks ahead to Friday, 'cause Friday will be fine
When she'll look up in that weathered face that loves hers line for line
To see the maiden shining in his eyes
And laugh at how the mirror tells her lies

Chorus x 2

Notes:

* means same chord, new measure

For the chords in the chorus (Am G/B C D C), I usually play about one
strum each - do whatever sounds good.

D5 : 200232
G/B:  x20030 (or plain G works well, too)