The Housewifes Lament 1866 Chords by Dawn Landes

Track Info

Chords Info

  • Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
  • BPM: 185
  • Key: E
  • Capo: 4th fret
  • Chords: Am, C, G, F, C/E, Am7, E/G#
  • Suggested Strumming:
  • D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord
C   Am   
G F
C Am
G F
C One day I was walking
Am
I heard some complaining
G I saw an old woman
F
a picture of gloom
C She looked at the mat on
Am
her doorstep was raining
G And this is her song
F C Am G F
as she wielded her broom
C There's too many hours
Am
we spend getting ready
G Days of our lives

spent ironing a shirt
C There's nothing that pays
Am
back time wasted already
G Nothing that lasts
F
but trouble and dirt
C Am C/E Our liiiiife is a toil G F C Love is a trouble Am C/E Beauty will fade G F C Prices will double Am C/E Pleasures will wane C F C Am Riches will flee C/E Nothing is as
F
I wish it would be
C Am
G F
C Am
G F
C In March it's so muddy
Am
it's slush in December
C The mid-summer breezes
F
are loaded with dust
C In fall the leaves litter
Am
and clutter September
G The wallpaper rots and
F
the faucets all rust
C There's worms on the cherries
Am
and slugs on the roses
C Ants in the sugar
F
and mice in the pots
C The spiders wreak havoc
Am
right under our noses
C The roaches disgust me and
F C Am c
God damn those flies
F God damn those flies C Am C/E Oh, liiiiife is a toil G F C Love is a trouble Am C/E Beauty will fade G F C Prices will double Am C/E Pleasures will wane C F C Am Riches will flee C Am G Nothing is as
F
I wish it would be
C Am G F C Am G F x2 C Last night in my dreams
Am
I was stranded forever
G On a rock in the
F
midst of a sea
C My one chance at life was
Am
a ceaseless endeavor
G To sweep off the waves as
F C Am G F
they swept over me
C But I wasn't dreaming
Am7
just rudely awakened
G I see that it's helpless
F
my fate to avert
C She laid out her broom
Am7
she folded her apron
G Laid down and died
F
and was buried in dirt
C Am C/E Liiiiife is a toil G F C Love is a trouble Am7 E/G# Beauty will fade C F C Prices will double Am7 C/E Pleasures will wane C F C Am Riches will flee E/G# F Nothing is as
F F C Am
I wish it would be
E/G# G Nothing is as I wish it
F C Am
would be (wish it would be)
Am Nothing is as, nothing
G
is as, nothing is as
F C Nothing is as, nothing

is as, nothing is as
Am Nothing is as, nothing
C
is as, nothing is as
Am C F I wish it would be C Am C
F F F
C Am F
Am C Am

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