The Stairs chords by Reba McEntire

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Verse 1
C 
She looks at the clock,
G 
it's a quarter past nine.
Am 
F 
She hears his car as he pulls
G 
in the drive.
C 
G 
Dinner's still waiting from hours before.
Dm 
D 
She knows he's been drinking
G 
when he walks through the door.
Dm 
In anger he strikes out
G 
and she starts to cry.
Dm 
How much more can she take,
G 
how much more can
She lie.

Verse 2
C 
F 
G 
And she fell down the stairs again.
Am 
Em 
But it hasn't happened since
F 
G 
she don't know when.
F 
G 
Was it in spring when she packed up the kids,
or
Dm 
G 
Maybe in winter with his job
on the skids.
Am 
Em 
Oh but just like before
F 
she'll have to
Dm 
G 
C 
Pretend that she fell down the stairs again.

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Verse 3
C 
G 
A short time ago, she started
Am 
A job, serving chicken fried
F 
G 
steak and corn on the cob.
C 
She started out shy,
G 
Em 
G 
but she ended up sure,
D 
That a ticket to anywhere
G 
could be the cure.
Dm 
But he  couldn't handle
G 
her change for the better.
Dm 
Am 
She tried to leave him , but he
G 
Dm 
G 
wouldn't let her.
F 
G 
He says he's sorry, he'd never mean it.
C 
G 
Am 
He swears it won't happen again.
F 
But she's so confused,
G 
Dm 
She wants to believe it. She just
G 
wants this nightmare to end.

Verse 4
C 
F 
G 
And she fell down the stair again.
Am 
Em 
But it hasn't happened since
F 
G 
she don't know when.
F 
G 
Was it in spring when she packed up the kids,
or
Dm 
G 
Maybe in winter with his job
on the skids.
Am 
Em 
F 
Dm 
G 
C 
Am 
Em 
Oh but just like before
F 
she'll have to pretend
Dm 
G 
C 
That she fell down the stairs again.