Better Off Without A Wife

G    C    (2x)

[VERSE 1]

G                  C
All my friends are married
      G                C
Every Tom and Dick and Harry
G
You must be strong for it
   Em      Am    D7
To go it alone
              G                 C
Here's to the bachelors and the bowery bums
              G                     C
And those who feel that they're the ones
        G      Em     D7       G    C    G
Who are better off without a wife

[CHORUS]
        C                D7
I like sleepin until the crack of noon
G                       Em
Midnight howlin' at the moon (and I been)
Am               D7                  G                  Em
Goin' out when I wanto, (and I been) comin' home when I please
        C              D7
I don't have to ask permission
G           Em
If I go out fishing
      Am                        D
And I never have to ask for the key

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[VERSE 2]
G             C
Never been no Valentino
      G                 C
Had a girl who lived in Reno
G             C
Left me for a trumpet player
Am            D7
Didn't get me down
       G             C
He was wanted for assault
          G                    C
Though he said it weren't his fault
         G       Em       D7            G    C   G
Well the coppers rode him right out of town

[CHORUS]
        C                D7
I like sleepin until the crack of noon
G                       Em
Midnight howlin' at the moon (and I been)
Am               D7                  G                  Em
Goin' out when I wanto, (and I been) comin' home when I please
        C              D7
I don't have to ask permission
G           Em
If I go out fishing
      Am                        D
And I never have to ask for the key

[VERSE 1]
G                                  C
You see I'm kinda selfish about my privacy (SPOKEN)
G                C
As long as I can be with me
       Am                           D7
We get along so well I can't even believe it
  G                C
I love to chew the fat with folks
     G                        C
And listen to all your dirty jokes
       G        Em         C
I'm so thankful for these friends
  Am    G    C    G
I do receive

[CHORUS]
        C                D7
I like sleepin until the crack of noon
G                Em
Midnight howlin' at the moon (and I been)
Am               D7                  G                  Em
Goin' out when I wanto, (and I been) comin' home when I please
        C              D7
I don't have to ask permission
G           Em
If I go out fishing
      Am                        D
And I never have to ask for the key