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Better Off Without A Wife chords by
Pete Shelley
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Verse 1
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All

My

Friends

Are
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Married
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G

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Every tall man taken married
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G

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F#m
F#m
2

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You must be strong if
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you're to go it alone
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G

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You're still a bachelor's
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D

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envir with bums
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G

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Lord, they feel it but the ones
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F#m
F#m
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And I'm better off without
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D

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F5
F5

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a wife
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G

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C

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I like sleeping to
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D

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the crack of noon
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G

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F#m
F#m
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Em
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Midnight howling at the moon
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Going out when I want to
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G

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F5
F5

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And I come home when I please
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G
G

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F#m
F#m
2

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If I wanna go audition
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A
A

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D

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Never had to ask for the keys
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G

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I've never been no
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G

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D

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Valentino, but I had a girl who lived in

Reno
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G

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F#m
F#m
2

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Em
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Left before a trumpet play,
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D

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I didn't let it get me down
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D

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He was wanted for assault,
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G

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though he said it weren't his fault
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F#m
F#m
2

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Girl, now her cock is rolling
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G
G

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right out of town
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I like sleeping to the crack of noon
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G

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F#m
F#m
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Em
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Midnight howl ing at the moon
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D

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Go ing out when I want to
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F5
F5

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And I come home when I please
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F#m
F#m
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Em
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If I wanna go on a mission
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Never have to ask for the keys
F#m
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Em
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Em
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I've been sleeping to
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D

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the crack of noon
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F#m
F#m
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Em
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Midnight howling at the moon
Am
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Going out when I want to,
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coming home when I please
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Don't need to ask per
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F#m
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mission in our coali tion
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A
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Never had to ask
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for the keys
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Sometimes selfish but my privacy
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But as long as I can be with me
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F#m
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Em
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We get along so very well,
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I can't believe it
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I love to chit -chat with folks I've
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been listening to all your dirty jokes
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F#m
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And I'm thankful for all these
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friends I do you see
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I've been slipping to the crack of noon
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F#m
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Em
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And then I'm hollering at the moon
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Go ing out when I want to
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Coming home when I please
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But don't need to ask permission
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F#m
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If I ever wanna go on vision
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Never have to ask for the keys
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To the bachelors and barry bugs
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Lord, they feel it but for once
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And I'm better off
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without a wife
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • G

  • D

  • F#m

    2

  • Em

  • A

  • F5

  • C

  • Am

  • F

  • E

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

0

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The original key of Better Off Without A Wife by Pete Shelley is A major.

The primary chords used in Better Off Without A Wife are A, E, G#m, F#m, B, G5.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like A, E, G#m, F#m, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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