Sandra chords by Barry Manilow

Chords transcribed by Rob Tomeldan
Date: May 6, 2010 (Song is great for Mother's day)

Intro: Em/D-C-Em/D-C
    Em-D-C-D pause

    D/Db
She's a great little housewife
           Bm        D
Though sometimes she talks like a fool
           G          Gbm
But she helps at the store in the holiday rush
B          Em        A
And she picks up the kids after school
D/Am         G              Ab/G
And she puts down the phone when her husband comes home
           Gbm      B
And she changes from mother to wife
             Em          A
'Til she feels the words hanging between them
           D
And she hangs by her words to her life

 Db/D  Bm             Gbm
She says I swear I love my husband, I love my kids
 Bm          Gbm   Dbm/Gbm
I wanted to be like my mother
     G         A
But if I hadn't done it as soon as I did
     Bm              Am
Oh there might have been time to be me
Dm/Am   G     Gbm
For myself, for myself
    Em         D  C
There's so many things that she wishes
  Em          D   C
She don't even know what she's missin'
  D               Em-D-C-D
And that's how she knows that she missed

    D/Db
She's a sweetheart, except when she's moody
         Bm         D
It's hard to get through to her then
        G              Gbm
Depressed for a while when the youngest was born
    B      Em      A
Oh but that happens now and again
  D/Am     G            Ab/G
She might take a drink with the housework
            Gbm       B
Or when Michael's kept late at the shop
       Em        A
A Martini or two before dinner
        D
But she always knows when to stop

 Db/D Bm             Gbm
She says I swear I love my husband and I love my kids
      Bm          Gbm   Dbm/Gbm
You know I wanted to be like my mother
     G         A
But if I hadn't done it as soon as I did
     Bm              Am
Oh there might have been time to be me
Dm/Am   G     Gbm
For myself, for myself
    Em         D  C
There's so many things that she wishes
  Em          D   C
She don't even know what she's missin'
  D               Em-D-C-D
And that's how she knows that she missed

    D/Db
Oh they used to hold hands at the movies
         Bm      D
Now it's seldom if ever they go
             G          Gbm
Once you've paid for the sitter and parkin' the car
    B    Em        A
There's no money left for the show
    D/Am   G
She was doing the dishes
    Ab/G            Gbm  B
When a glass fell and broke on the tile
        Em          A
And she cut her wrist (quite by mistake)
           D
It was real touch and go for a while

  Db/D Bm           Gbm
She says Oh God I love my husband and I love my kids
      Bm            Gbm  Dbm/Gbm
You know I wanted to be like my, my mother
     G         A
But if I hadn't done it as soon as I did
     Bm             Am
Oh there might have been time to be me
Dm/Am G     Gbm
For myself, for myself
    Em         D  C
There's so many things that she wishes
  Em          D   C
She don't even know what she's missin'
  D              Em-D-C-D-C-D-Em
And that's how she knows that she missed

End...

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