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He Thinks He'll Keep Her

Mary Chapin Carpenter
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 She makes his coffee,  she makes his bed
 She does the laundry,  she keeps him fed
 When she was twenty-one  she wore  her mother's lace
 She said forever  with a smile  upon  her face
 She does the carpool, she PTA's
 Doctors and dentists, she drives all day
 When she was twenty-nine she delivered number three
 And every christmas card showed a perfect family
 Everything  runs right on time,  years of practice  and design
 Spit and polish  till it shines,  he thinks he'll keep  her
 Everything  is so benign,  safest place  you'll ever find
 God forbid  you'd change your mind,  he thinks he'll keep  her
 She packs his suitcase, she sits and waits
 With no expression upon her face
 When she was thirty-six she met him at the door
 She said, "I'm sorry, I don't love you anymore"
 Everything runs right on time, years of practice and design
 Spit and polish till it shines, he thinks he'll keep her
 Everything is so benign, safest place you'll ever find
 God forbid you'd change your mind, he thinks he'll keep her
 For fifteen  years she had  a job and not  one raise in pay
 Now she's in the typing  pool at  minimum  wage
 Everything runs right on time, years of practice and design
 Spit and polish till it shines, he thinks he'll keep her
 Everything is so benign, safest place you'll ever find
 At least until you change your mind, he thinks he'll keep her

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Readable chord sheet for He Thinks He'll Keep Her by Mary Chapin Carpenter

[G]   [G]   [Em]   [C]     [G]   [G]   [Em]   [C]
[G]  She makes his [G]coffee,[Em] she makes his b[C]ed
[G]  She does the [G]laundry,[Em] she keeps him f[C]ed
[D]  When she was [D]twenty-one she wo[Am]re her mother's l[Am]ace
[D]  She said for[D]ever with a [Em]smile up[C]on her f[D]ace

She does the carpool, she PTA's
Doctors and dentists, she drives all day
When she was twenty-nine she delivered number three
And every christmas card showed a perfect family

[G]  Everyth[D]ing runs right on t[C]ime, years of pr[D]actice and des[G]ign
Spit and p[D]olish till it sh[C]ines, he thinks he'll [D]keep her
[G]  Everyth[D]ing is so ben[C]ign, safest pl[D]ace you'll ever f[G]ind
God forb[D]id you'd change your m[C]ind, he thinks he'll [D]keep her
[G]   [G]   [Em]   [C]
She packs his suitcase, she sits and waits
With no expression upon her face
When she was thirty-six she met him at the door
She said, "I'm sorry, I don't love you anymore"

Everything runs right on time, years of practice and design
Spit and polish till it shines, he thinks he'll keep her
Everything is so benign, safest place you'll ever find
God forbid you'd change your mind, he thinks he'll keep her
[4 bars of instrumental]

For [D]fifteen years she h[D]ad a job and n[Am]ot one raise in p[Am]ay
[D]  Now she's in the t[D]yping pool at[Em] mini[C]mum wa[D]ge

Everything runs right on time, years of practice and design
Spit and polish till it shines, he thinks he'll keep her
Everything is so benign, safest place you'll ever find
At least until you change your mind, he thinks he'll keep her

[G]  [G]  [Em]  [C]    [G]  [G]  [Em]  [C]    [G]  [G]  [Em]  [C]    [G]  [G]  [Em]  [C] [D]   [G]
[ending]

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