Sandra Barry Manilow
Sandra 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
She's a [D/Db]great little housewife
Though sometimes she [Bm]talks like a fool[D]
But she helps at the [G]store in the holiday [Gbm]rush
[B]And she picks up the [Em]kids after school[A]
[D/Am]And she puts down the [G]phone when her husband comes [Ab/G]home
And she changes from [Gbm]mother to wife[B]
'Til she feels the words [Em]hanging between them[A]
And she hangs by her [D]words to her life
S[Db/D]he says[Bm] I swear I love my husband,[Gbm] I love my kids
I [Bm]wanted to be like my [Gbm]mother[Dbm/Gbm]
But if I [G]hadn't done it as [A]soon as I did
Oh there [Bm]might have been time to be me[Am]
[Dm/Am]For myself[G], for myse[Gbm]lf
There's [Em]so many things that [D]she [C]wishes
She [Em]don't even know what [D]she's [C]missin'
And [D]that's how she knows that she [Em-D-C-D]missed
She's a [D/Db]sweetheart, except when she's moody
It's hard to get [Bm]through to her then[D]
Depressed for a[G] while when the youngest was [Gbm]born
Oh but [B]that happens[Em] now and again[A]
She[D/Am] might take a [G]drink with the housework[Ab/G]
Or when Michael's kept [Gbm]late at the shop[B]
A Martini or [Em]two before dinner[A]
But she always [D]knows when to stop
Sh[Db/D]e says[Bm] I swear I love my husband [Gbm]and I love my kids
You know I [Bm]wanted to be like my [Gbm]mother[Dbm/Gbm]
But if I [G]hadn't done it as [A]soon as I did
Oh there [Bm]might have been time to be me[Am]
[Dm/Am]For myself[G], for myse[Gbm]lf
There's [Em]so many things that [D]she [C]wishes
She [Em]don't even know what [D]she's [C]missin'
And [D]that's how she knows that she [Em-D-C-D]missed
Oh they [D/Db]used to hold hands at the movies
Now it's seldom if[Bm] ever they go[D]
Once you've paid for the [G]sitter and parkin' th[Gbm]e car
There's [B]no money [Em]left for the show[A]
She was [D/Am]doing the [G]dishes
When a [Ab/G]glass fell and broke on the[Gbm] tile[B]
And she cut her [Em]wrist (quite by mista[A]ke)
It was real touch and [D]go for a while
She [Db/D]says [Bm]Oh God I love my husband[Gbm] and I love my kids
You know I [Bm]wanted to be like my, my [Gbm]mother[Dbm/Gbm]
But if I [G]hadn't done it as [A]soon as I did
Oh there [Bm]might have been time to be [Am]me
[Dm/Am]For mys[G]elf, for m[Gbm]yself
There's [Em]so many things that [D]she [C]wishes
She [Em]don't even know what [D]she's [C]missin'
D Em-D-C-D-C-D-Em
And that's how she knows that she missed
End...
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