The Memory Of A Wife chords by Millie Jackson
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Verse 1
(A minor) (D major) (G major) (C major) (A minor) Hey Mama,
I'm hittin' good
Like hell, (C major) (G major) you ain't been doin' so hot,
I heard about (D major) you
Your (A minor) thang been just as ragged
(D major) as a bowl (G major) of sauerkraut
And that new woman you
got (A minor) done lost her jaw
She on welfare,
(D major) you (G major) ain't hittin' your hustle no more
Why (C major) don't you be honest
an (A minor) d tell me like it really is
But that's alright, I know anyhow
You left me (G major) for your new (C major) love
Now, (G major) (A minor) if she's (D major) been
all (A minor) you expected,
(F major) tell (C major) (G major) me why (C major) when I call you last night, (G major)
I (D major) found your (A minor) phone disconnected.
(E minor) Now, now, (F major) (G major) is she (C major) finding out
it all ain't peaches and (D major) cream?
I (C major) found out early in life, (D major)
you can move the man from his household,
But you won't remove the
memory of his wife (E major)
(E minor) You see the (G major) girl was in love with love (C major)
Instead of being (A minor) in love with you (F major)
It (G major) wasn't fair,
you should have told her (C major)
(G major) About (A minor) all the changes
you'd put her through
(E minor) Now did (A minor) you tell her about the London
and funky drawers?
Did you tell (E major) her that you're
snowing your sleeve? (E minor) (E major)
Did you tell her (A minor) how well
you like my cooking?
How many ridicu (E major) lous foods
you refuse to eat
I know (A minor) you didn't tell her
about our letter -makin'
Or you'd have to (E major) tell her that
she can't (E minor) compete
Oh, she'd have to be
(C major) twice the woman I am
An (G major) d still (A minor) the girl couldn't win (F major)
Cause (G major) I was a wife and a half
An (C major) (G major) d that's three (A minor) times any girlfriend
Is she (F major) (G major) (C major) finding out it all ain't
peaches (A minor) an (C major) d cream? (D major)
She'll have to (C major) compete with me
The (A minor) (C major) rest (D major) of her life
Cause the job I did was a job well done
And she won't remove
the memory of this one (E major)
No! (A minor) You can move the wife, (E minor)
but the memory lingers on,
and (A minor) you can't really win. (E minor)
You (E major) can have him bodily,
but unless you got his (A minor) mind,
you haven't accomplished
too much anyway.
The first reas (E minor) on I say you can't win
is, (A minor) suppose his wife is no good,
I mean, really took (E minor) the man
through a bunch of changes.
Then he's gonna (A minor) think you're
the same way
because he's adjusted to the idea
(E major) and (E minor) would like to think
that all women are alike. (A minor)
Now if she was one of those terrific wives (E minor)
and he was the one respons (A minor) ible
then you got to deal with
a double problem.
(E minor) The guilt feelings and (A minor) the fact that he's
going to compare your every move with (E minor) hers.
My wife didn't cook like (A minor) that. (E minor) (A minor)
And if you accidentally do (E minor) some
of them good things she did,
(A minor) you're really in trouble.
Cause you see,
he might call (E minor) her name one night
while y 'all making (A minor) love.
He's compar (E minor) ing whether he tells
you about it or not. (A minor)
Now, the second reason I say
(E minor) you can't win
is because of the wife herself.
(A minor) Ain't no woman in her right mind gonna sit back and just let (E minor) an other
woman come in and take her man if (A minor) he's really worth having. (E minor)
She might know something
we don't. (A minor)
And she will find out.
(E minor) That crap about the wife
is the last to know
is a bunch of happy (A minor) horse manure.
She's the first to find out
(E minor) Cuz you see when the stock
in her love market
(A minor) Drops from a six -day
week to a one -day
Maybe she doesn't (E minor) need Dow Jones
Mary Jones or any other Jones
(A minor) to tell her it's time to straighten it out
So girls (E minor) if you're gonna try do it, right?
And the job (C major) you do let it
be well done (A minor) (C major) (D major)
When (C major) you put it on him (A minor) (D major)
Cause I (C major) found out early (A minor) (C major) (D major) in life
That you (C major) can't remove the
memory of (A minor) (C major) the past (D major)
But keep on tryin', (C major) keep on doin' (D major)
Keep on try (C major) in' girls
No, give up, oh
Hey, (E major) hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Outro 1
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(E major) (E major)
The Memory Of A Wife
Millie Jackson
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