D7               D   
She looks in the mirror and stares at the 
              G
Wrinkles that weren't there yesterday
                                 A          D
And thinks of the young man that she almost married
G             D           Em           F#7
What would he think if he saw her this way
 
    D
She picks up her apron in little girl-fashion 
   G
As something comes into her mind
                        A             D
Slowly starts dancing remembering her girlhood
    G          D            Em         A7
And all of the boys she had waiting in line
 
   D            Em            D        Em
Oh such are the dreams of the everyday housewife
    D        Em        D           A
You see everywhere any time of the day
                          G                         D
An everyday housewife who gave up the good life for me
 
    D
The photograph album she takes 
                    G
From the closet and slowly turns the page
                           A         D
And carefully picks up the crumbling flower
    G            D            Em            F#7
The first one he gave her now withered with age
 
    D
She closes her eyes and touches the 
                 G
House dress that suddenly disappears
                              A
And just for the moment she's wearing the gown
     G               D          Em      A7
That broke all their minds back so many years
 

   D            Em            D        Em
Oh such are the dreams of the everyday housewife
    D        Em        D           A
You see everywhere any time of the day
                          G                         D
An everyday housewife who gave up the good life for me


Key Change

  E            F#m            E        F#m
Oh such are the dreams of the everyday housewife
    E        F#m        E           B
You see everywhere any time of the day
                          A                         E
An everyday housewife who gave up the good life for me