Barry Manilow – Sandra chords

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
  
        D/DbShe's a great little housewife
                     Bm               D      Though sometimes she talks like a fool
                     G                    GbmBut she helps at the store in the holiday rush
B                    Em               AAnd she picks up the kids after school
D/Am                  G                            Ab/GAnd she puts down the phone when her husband comes home
                     Gbm            BAnd she changes from mother to wife
                         Em                   A'Til she feels the words hanging between them
                     DAnd she hangs by her words to her life

 Db/D   Bm                         Gbm She says I swear I love my husband, I love my kids
  Bm                   Gbm     Dbm/GbmI wanted to be like my mother
         G                 A        But if I hadn't done it as soon as I did
         Bm                            AmOh there might have been time to be me
Dm/Am     G         GbmFor myself, for myself
        Em                  D   C     There's so many things that she wishes
    Em                   D     C      She don't even know what she's missin'
    D                             Em-D-C-D     And that's how she knows that she missed

        D/DbShe's a sweetheart, except when she's moody
                 Bm                 D      It's hard to get through to her then
               G                            GbmDepressed for a while when the youngest was born
       B           Em            AOh but that happens now and again
   D/Am          G                        Ab/GShe might take a drink with the housework
                       Gbm             BOr when Michael's kept late at the shop
             Em                AA Martini or two before dinner
               DBut she always knows when to stop

  Db/D  Bm                         Gbm She says I swear I love my husband and I love my kids
           Bm                   Gbm     Dbm/GbmYou know I wanted to be like my mother
         G                 A        But if I hadn't done it as soon as I did
         Bm                            AmOh there might have been time to be me
Dm/Am     G         GbmFor myself, for myself
        Em                  D   CThere's so many things that she wishes
    Em                   D     C      She don't even know what she's missin'
    D                             Em-D-C-D     And that's how she knows that she missed

        D/DbOh they used to hold hands at the movies
                  Bm            D      Now it's seldom if ever they go
                         G                    GbmOnce you've paid for the sitter and parkin' the car
        B        Em                AThere's no money left for the show
        D/Am      G                            She was doing the dishes
       Ab/G                       Gbm   BWhen a glass fell and broke on the tile
                Em                   AAnd she cut her wrist (quite by mistake)
                      DIt was real touch and go for a while

    Db/D Bm                      Gbm She says Oh God I love my husband and I love my kids
           Bm                       Gbm   Dbm/GbmYou know I wanted to be like my, my mother
         G                 A        But if I hadn't done it as soon as I did
         Bm                         AmOh there might have been time to be me
Dm/Am  G         GbmFor myself, for myself
        Em                  D   CThere's so many things that she wishes
    Em                   D     C      She don't even know what she's missin'
    D                            Em-D-C-D-C-D-Em            And that's how she knows that she missed

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