Sandra chords by Barry Manilow

Chords with lyrics

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

    D/Db
She's a great little housewife
           B minorBm        D MajorD
Though sometimes she talks like a fool
           G+G          GbmGbm
But she helps at the store in the holiday rush
BB          E minorEm        A augmentedA
And she picks up the kids after school
D/Am         G+G              Ab/G
And she puts down the phone when her husband comes home
           GbmGbm      BB
And she changes from mother to wife
             E minorEm          A augmentedA
'Til she feels the words hanging between them
           D MajorD
And she hangs by her words to her life

 Db/D  B minorBm             GbmGbm
She says I swear I love my husband, I love my kids
 B minorBm          GbmGbm   Dbm/Gbm
I wanted to be like my mother
     G+G         A augmentedA
But if I hadn't done it as soon as I did
     B minorBm              A minorAm
Oh there might have been time to be me
Dm/Am   G+G     GbmGbm
For myself, for myself
    E minorEm         D MajorD  C majorC
There's so many things that she wishes
  E minorEm          D MajorD   C majorC
She don't even know what she's missin'
  D MajorD               Em-D-C-D
And that's how she knows that she missed

    D/Db
She's a sweetheart, except when she's moody
         B minorBm         D MajorD
It's hard to get through to her then
        G+G              GbmGbm
Depressed for a while when the youngest was born
    BB      E minorEm      A augmentedA
Oh but that happens now and again
  D/Am     G+G            Ab/G
She might take a drink with the housework
            GbmGbm       BB
Or when Michael's kept late at the shop
       E minorEm        A augmentedA
A majorA Martini or two before dinner
        D MajorD
But she always knows when to stop

 Db/D B minorBm             GbmGbm
She says I swear I love my husband and I love my kids
      B minorBm          GbmGbm   Dbm/Gbm
You know I wanted to be like my mother
     G+G         A augmentedA
But if I hadn't done it as soon as I did
     B minorBm              A minorAm
Oh there might have been time to be me
Dm/Am   G+G     GbmGbm
For myself, for myself
    E minorEm         D MajorD  C majorC
There's so many things that she wishes
  E minorEm          D MajorD   C majorC
She don't even know what she's missin'
  D MajorD               Em-D-C-D
And that's how she knows that she missed

    D/Db
Oh they used to hold hands at the movies
         B minorBm      D MajorD
Now it's seldom if ever they go
             G+G          GbmGbm
Once you've paid for the sitter and parkin' the car
    BB    E minorEm        A augmentedA
There's no money left for the show
    D/Am   G+G
She was doing the dishes
    Ab/G            GbmGbm  BB
When a glass fell and broke on the tile
        E minorEm          A augmentedA
And she cut her wrist (quite by mistake)
           D MajorD
It was real touch and go for a while

  Db/D B minorBm           GbmGbm
She says Oh God I love my husband and I love my kids
      B minorBm            GbmGbm  Dbm/Gbm
You know I wanted to be like my, my mother
     G+G         A augmentedA
But if I hadn't done it as soon as I did
     B minorBm             A minorAm
Oh there might have been time to be me
Dm/Am G+G     GbmGbm
For myself, for myself
    E minorEm         D MajorD  C majorC
There's so many things that she wishes
  E minorEm          D MajorD   C majorC
She don't even know what she's missin'
  D MajorD              Em-D-C-D-C-D-Em
And that's how she knows that she missed

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