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