Em D Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7 C A
[Verse 1]
A D
She's a great little housewife
A Bm7
Though sometimes she talks like a fool
Am7 D7 G F#m7
But she helps at the store in the holiday rush
B7 Em7
And she picks up the kids after school
A7 D7 G G#m7
And she puts down the phone when her husband comes home
C#7 F#m7
And she changes from mother to wife
B7 Em7
'Til she feels the words hanging between them
G/A Dsus D
And she hangs by her words to her life
[Chorus]
Bm7 F#m7
She says I swear I love my husband, I love my kids
Bm7 F#m7
I wanted to be like my mother
Gmaj7 F#7
But if I hadn't done it as soon as I did
Bm7 Am7
Oh there might have been time to be me
D7 Gmaj7 F#m7
For myself, for myself
Em D Cmaj7
There's so many things that she wishes
Em D Cmaj7
She don't even know what she's missin'
B7 Em
And that's how she knows that she missed
[Interlude]
Em D/E G/A A
[Verse 2]
A D A
She's a sweetheart, except when she's moody
Bm7
It's hard to get through to her then
Am7 D7 G F#m7
Depressed for a while when the youngest was born
B7 Em7
Oh but that happens now and again
A7 D7 G G#m7
She might take a drink with the housework
C#7 F#m7
Or when Michael's kept late at the shop
B7 Em7
A Martini or two before dinner
G/A Dsus D
But she always knows when to stop
[Chorus]
Bm7 F#m7
She says, God I love my husband and I love my kids
Bm7 F#m7
You know I wanted to be like my mother
Gmaj7 F#7
But if I hadn't done it as soon as I did
Bm7 Am7
Oh there might have been time to be me
Gmaj7 F#m7
For myself, for myself
Em Cmaj7
There's so many things that she wishes
Em D Cmaj7
She don't even know what she's missin'
B7 Em
And that's how she knows that she missed
[Interlude]
Em D/E G/A A
[Verse 3]
A D A
Oh they used to hold hands at the movies
Bm7
Now it's seldom if ever they go
Am7 D7 G F#m7
Once you've paid for the sitter and parkin' the car
B7 Em7
There's no money left for the show
A7 D G
She was doing the dishes
G#m C# F#m7
When a glass fell and broke on the tile
B7 Em7
And she cut her wrist (quite by mistake)
G/A Dsus D
It was real touch and go for a while
[Chorus]
Bm7 F#m7
She says . . . God I love my husband and I love my kids
Bm F#m7
You know I wanted to be like my, my mother
G F#7
But if I hadn't done it as soon as I did
Bm7 Am7
Oh there might have been time to be me
Gmaj7 F#m7
For myself, for myself
Em D Cmaj7
There's so many things that she wishes
Em D Cmaj7
She don't even know what she's missin'
Bsus4 B7 Em7
And that's how she knows that she missed
