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