A                  Am A                                Am A
He figures out a restaurant where they won't be recognized
                           Am A   D
He can always slip the maitre'd a ten
      A                  Am A                     Am A
Get a private little table and try her on for size
                        Am A     D
Make a plan of where to do it when
G     A D            G    A         Bb Bb
He's so sly, he's in love with his lies


[Chorus 1]
        F
And the wives, the wives are in Connecticut
    F                               C
The wives, the wives are in Connecticut
Dm
Trying to forget it, that they really do regret it
          Eb              Eb
That they moved up to Connecticut
          Eb              Bb
That they moved up to Connecticut
Bb                   Bb Bb
Movin’ up, movin’ up


{Verse 2]
    A                      Am A                        Am A
The first year I was faithful, he confesses to the girl
                         Am A D
Admitting to the least of his sins
    A                   Am A                        Am A
His candour, so disarming, in this wicked city world
                        Am A       D
She falls for it and once again he wins
G    A  D            G    A        Bb   Bb
He's so sly, he's in love with his lies


[Chorus 2]
        F
And the wives, the wives are in Connecticut
    F                               C
The wives, the wives are in Connecticut
Dm                             Dm
Trying to forget it, that they really do regret it
          Eb              Eb
That they moved up to Connecticut
          Eb              Eb
That they moved up to Connecticut
          Eb              Bb
That they moved up to Connecticut
Bb         Bb         Bb         Bb
Movin' up, movin' up, movin' up, movin' up


[Interlude]
A A A Am A
A A A Am A


[Bridge]
    A                    A
The five flight walk up, can he make it?
         A                           D
He keeps promising to go back to the gym
   A                         A
He thinks about his wife, so passionate last night,
    A                             D
but was she really feeling it for him?
   G      A        D
Or was it junior's teacher?
       G             A          D
Or the carpenter who put up the shelves
       G            A         D
Or the mechanic who fixed the wagon
       G            A       D
Or the gardener who dug the well
       G       A          D
Or the Italian riding instructor
       G          A      D
Or the man on the Carousel (man on the carousel)
       G           A        D
Or the out of work actor in Westport (man on the carousel)
       G           A          D
Or the surgeon who cured the elms (man on the carousel)
       G     A         D
Or the Yalie from New Haven (man on the carousel)
       G      A      Bb   Bb
Or the farmer in the Dell (man on the carousel)


[Chorus 3]
        F
Oh, the wives, the wives are in Connecticut
    F                               C
The wives, the wives are in Connecticut
Dm                             Dm
Trying to forget it, that they really do regret it
          Eb              Eb
That they moved up to Connecticut
          Eb              Eb
That they moved up to Connecticut
          Eb              Eb
That they moved up to Connecticut
          Eb              Bb
That they moved up to Connecticut
Bb         Bb         Bb         Bb
Movin' up, movin' up, movin' up, movin' up


[Outro]
D  G A  D

             G         A      D
How bout the lifeguard at the yacht club?
    G           A        D
The hairdresser from New London
    G      A        D
The tennis pro from Fairfield
    G            A        D
The Fuller Brush man from Bristol
    G    A         D
The fisherman from Mystic
    G        A        D
The novelist from New Canaan
    G            A     D
The usher at the movie theater
    G    A         D
The architect from Guilford
    G          A       D
The man on the carousel (man on the carousel)
    G          A       D
The man on the carousel (man on the carousel)
    G          A       D
The man on the carousel (man on the carousel)
    G          A       D
The man on the carousel (man on the carousel)
    G          A       D
The man on the carousel (man on the carousel)...