The Housewifes Lament 1866
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste:
4th traste
SONG: THE HOUSWIFE'S LAMENT (1866)
ARTIST: DAWN LANDES
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/jMhoaeug-00?si=y_kHejzB0dZvaQCc
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
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THE HOUSWIFE'S LAMENT (1866)
CAPO: 4th FRET
[Intro]
C Am G F
C Am G F
[Verse]
C Am
One day I was walking I heard some complaining
G F
I saw an old woman a picture of gloom
C Am
She looked at the mat on her doorstep was raining
G F C Am G F
And this is her song as she wielded her broom
[Verse]
C Am
There's too many hours we spend getting ready
G F
Days of our lives spent ironing a shirt
C Am
There's nothing that pays back time wasted already
G F
Nothing that lasts but trouble and dirt
[Chorus]
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 F
Nothing is as I wish it would be
[Instrumental]
C Am G F
C Am G F
[Verse]
C Am
In March it's so muddy it's slush in December
C F
The mid-summer breezes are loaded with dust
C Am
In fall the leaves litter and clutter September
G F
The wallpaper rots and the faucets all rust
C Am
There's worms on the cherries and slugs on the roses
C F
Ants in the sugar and mice in the pots
C Am
The spiders wreak havoc right under our noses
C F C Am C
The roaches disgust me and God damn those flies
F
God damn those flies
[Chorus]
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 F
Nothing is as I wish it would be
[Instrumental]
C Am G F
C Am G F
C Am G F
C Am G F
[Verse]
C Am
Last night in my dreams I was stranded forever
G F
On a rock in the midst of a sea
C Am
My one chance at life was a ceaseless endeavor
G F C Am G F
To sweep off the waves as they swept over me
[Verse]
C Am7
But I wasn't dreaming just rudely awakened
G F
I see that it's helpless my fate to avert
C Am7
She laid out her broom she folded her apron
G F
Laid down and died and was buried in dirt
[Chorus]
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 F C Am
Nothing is as I wish it would be
E/G# G F C Am
Nothing is as I wish it would be (wish it would be)
[Post-Chorus]
Am G
Nothing is as, nothing is as, nothing is as
F C
Nothing is as, nothing is as, nothing is as
Am C
Nothing is as, nothing is as, nothing is as
Am C F
I wish it would be
[Instrumental/Outro]
C Am C F F F
C Am F Am C Am
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