Chords for Cheaper To Keep Her

_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ You're tired up, you better [C] stay tired up, because it's cheaper to keep.
_ This is from T.E.S..F. It's cheaper to keep up, _ _ _ _ [Fm] it's cheaper to keep [F] up, _ _ _ [C] [G] when your little [F] girl make you [Cm] mad, _ _ [F] _ and [Bb] you get an attitude [F] and pack your bags, _ [G] _ [C] five little cherries nuts [G] you're leaving behind, _ [F] son you're going to pay some alimony, or do some time, that's why [C] it's cheaper to keep up. [F] _ [C] Help me say it y'all. It's cheaper to keep up, [F] it's cheaper to keep up, see, [G] when you get to stand [C] [G] that judge in the [Gm] face, [F] you're going to want to cuss the whole room away, that's why [C] it's cheaper to keep [F] up. [C] It's cheaper to keep up, [Eb] _ _ _ it's cheaper to keep [Fm] _ [Cm] up, _ _ _ _ _ [F] [Cm] it's cheaper to keep up. _ _ _ [F] _ [C] [Gm] You didn't pay for [F] two [C] dollars to [Gm] bring the little girl [F] home, now you're about to pay two thousand to leave her alone. [C] _ [G] You see another woman [C] out there, [G] and you want to make a change, [F] she ain't going to want you, because you won't have a damn thing, [C] that's why it's cheaper to keep up. [Bm] [C] Everybody sing along with me. [F] It's cheaper to keep up, [C] it's cheaper to keep [G] up, by the time you get through looking that judge in the [Gm] face, [F] you're going to want to cuss the whole room away, [C] that's why it's cheaper to keep [Bm] up. [Cm] _ _ _ [Ab] [Eb] It's cheaper to keep up, it's cheaper to keep [Fm] up, [C] _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] [Cm] it's cheaper to keep [C] up. _ _ [F] _ [C] I know you [F] think [C] the grass is greener, _ well on the [F] other side, _ [C] _ [G] when that judge [C] gives you that [G] dirty look, [F] you make it well with your [Bb] money and [F] mama's pocketbook, that's [C] why it's cheaper to keep [B] up. [C] _ It costs too much [Eb] to leave her alone, yeah, _ I know [G] it's cheaper to keep up, [B] yeah, [C] _ _ [Dm] because [Eb] you're going to pay some more if you leave home. _ [Bb] I tell [Fm] you all, [C] it's cheaper to keep up, all the [B] fellas out there [C] know what I'm talking about. Those of you [Dm] that don't know, [Eb] it's cheaper to stay at home. I got to tell you, I'm bringing you [C] the message tonight, [B] it's [C] cheaper to keep up, cheaper to keep [Dm] up, [Eb] cheaper to keep up, cheaper to keep up. She's going to cost you too much if you let her go, [Fm] man, [G] it's cheaper to keep [A] up. [C] You might as well put up with your [Eb] little hard-ass-ass-ass fight, let her go. I'm going to tell you something tonight, I tell you, [C] it's cheaper to keep up. _ Amen, [Bb] ain't it cheaper to keep up? Ha, [C] _ _ _ by the time you get through looking that judge in the face, you'll be [Eb] lucky. If you even have _ a place, it's called [C] cheaper to keep up. [B] _ _ _ _ _