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Cheaper To Keep Her

Johnnie Taylor
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
 
 
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  (spoken:) You tied up, you better stay tied up, 'cause it's cheaper
  to keep her - this is from T, who says:
   It's cheaper to keep her
   It's cheaper to keep her
   When your little girl makes you mad
   And you get an attitude and pack your bags
   Five little children that you're leavin' behind
   Son, you're gonna pay some alimony or do some time
   That's why it's cheaper to keep her (1: help me say it, y'all)
  It's cheaper  to keep her (it's cheaper to keep her)
   that judge in the face
 
   You're gonna want to cuss the whole human race
   That's why it's cheaper to keep her (it's cheaper to keep her)
   (it's cheaper to keep her)
   (It's cheaper, it's cheaper, it's cheaper, it's cheaper)
  (It's cheaper to keep her)
  You didn't pay but two dollars to bring the little girl home
  Now you're about to pay two thousand to leave her alone
  You see another woman out there and you want to make a change
  She ain't gonna want you 'cause you won't have a damn thing
  I know you think the grass is greener
  Way over on the other side
  When that judge gives you that dirty look
  You may as well put your money in mama's pocketbook
 Coda :
   That's why it's cheaper to keep her (it's cheaper to keep her)
   It costs too much to leave her alone, yeah
   I know it's cheaper to keep her
   'Cause you're gonna pay some alimony if you leave home
   I tell y'all - it's cheaper to keep her - all the fellows I know
  are talkin' about it
   It's cheaper to keep her, I gotta tell you
 

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Readable chord sheet for Cheaper To Keep Her by Johnnie Taylor

[C9]    [C#9]   [C9]
 [C#9]  [2X]
        / / / /   / / / /

        (spoken:) You tied up, you better stay tied up, 'cause it's cheaper
                  to keep her - this is from T, who says:

 [C7]       It's cheaper to keep her

 [F7]       It's cheaper to keep her

 [C7]       When your little girl makes you mad

 [F7]       And you get an attitude and pack your bags

 [G7]       Five little children that you're leavin' behind

 [F7]       Son, you're gonna pay some alimony or do some time

 [C7]       That's why it's cheaper to keep her (1: help me say it, y'all)
        It's c[F7]heaper to keep her (it's cheaper to keep her)

 [G7]       [1: When you get through starin']        that judge in the face
        [2: By the time you get through lookin']

 [F7]       You're gonna want to cuss the whole human race

 [C7]       That's why it's cheaper to keep her (it's cheaper to keep her)

 [Eb7]          [2: It's cheaper to keep her] (it's cheaper to keep her)

 [C7]       (It's cheaper, it's cheaper, it's cheaper, it's cheaper)
        (It's cheaper to keep her)

        You didn't pay but two dollars to bring the little girl home
        Now you're about to pay two thousand to leave her alone
        You see another woman out there and you want to make a change
        She ain't gonna want you 'cause you won't have a damn thing

[repeat chorus]

        I know you think the grass is greener
        Way over on the other side
        When that judge gives you that dirty look
        You may as well put your money in mama's pocketbook

Coda [background voices continue to fade]:

 [C7]       That's why it's cheaper to keep her (it's cheaper to keep her)

 [Eb7]       It costs too much to leave her alone, yeah

 [C7]       I know it's cheaper to keep her

 [Eb7]       'Cause you're gonna pay some alimony if you leave home

 [C7]       I tell y'all - it's cheaper to keep her - all the fellows I know
                are talkin' about it

 [Eb7]       It's cheaper to keep her, I gotta tell you

        [continue to fade]

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