Dreams of the Everyday Housewife chords by Glen Campbell

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
She looks in the mirror
and stares at the wrinkles
C 
That weren't there yesterday
And thinks of the young man
G 
that she almost married
Am 
C 
B 
What would he think if he
Am 
B 
saw her this way?

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Verse 2

She picks up her apron in little girl-fashion

As As something comes into her mind

Slowly starts dancing remem

bering her girlhood

And all of the boys she had

waiting in line

Verse 3
D 
G 
Am 
Oh, such are the dreams of the
G 
Am 
everyday housewife
G 
Am 
G 
D 
You see everywhere any time of the day
C 
An everyday housewife who gave up the
G 
good life for me

Interlude 1

Verse 4
A 
The photograph album she
takes from the closet
D 
And slowly turns the page
And carefully picks up the
A 
crumbling flower
D 
C# 
The first one he gave her
D 
now withered with age
C# 

Verse 5
A 
She closes her eyes and
Touches the house dress that
D 
suddenly disappears
And just for the moment she's
A 
wearing the gown
D 
C# 
That broke all their minds
D 
E 
back so many years
D 

Verse 6
E 
A 
Bm 
Oh, such are the dreams of the
A 
Bm 
everyday housewife
A 
Bm 
A 
E 
You see everywhere any time of the day
D 
An everyday housewife who gave
A 
up the good life for me
Bm 
A 

Verse 7
F# 
B 
C#m 
Oh, such are the dreams of the
B 
C#m 
everyday housewife
B 
C#m 
B 
F# 
You see everywhere any time of the day
E 
An everyday housewife who gave
B 
up the good life for me
C#m 
B 