The Housewifes Lament 1866 Chords by Dawn Landes

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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