Chords for Johnnie Taylor-Cheaper To Keep Her

_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
You're tired of your medicine, you're tired of it,
because it's cheaper to keep.
_ This is from T.
He says,
It's cheaper to keep her. _ _ _
_ _ [F] It's cheaper to keep her. _ _
_ _ [G] _ When your little girl [Cm] make you mad.
_ _ [F] _ _ And you get an attitude and pack your bags.
[G] _ _ Five little children that 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 her. _
Help me say it, y'all.
It's cheaper to keep her.
[F] It's cheaper to keep her.
[G] See, when you get through saying that judge in [F] the face,
[C] you're going to want to curse [F] the whole little race.
That's why [C] it's cheaper to keep her.
[F] _ [C] _
Keep her.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ It's cheaper to keep her.
[Cm] _ Keep her. _
_ _ [F] [Cm] It's cheaper to keep her. _ _
_ [G] _ _ You didn't pay for $2 [Gm] to bring your little girl [F] home.
Now you're [Bb] about to pay $2 [F],000 to leave her alone.
[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 [Bm] her.
[C] Everybody sing along with me.
_ [F] It's cheaper to keep her.
It's [Cm] cheaper to keep her.
[G] By the time you get through looking that judge in the [Gm] face,
[F] you're going to want to curse the whole little race.
[G] That's why it's cheaper to keep [Bm] her.
[Cm] _
Keep [Ab] her.
[Eb] It's cheaper to keep her.
It's cheaper to keep her.
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _
_ _ [F] [C] Keep her. _ _ _
_ _ _ I know you think [F] [C] the grass is greener.
[F] _ Well, on the other side,
_ _ [G] when I just give you that dirty look,
you [F] make this wealth with your money [C] in mama's pocket.
That's [C] why it's cheaper to keep her. _ _
It costs too much [Eb] to leave her alone.
_ Yeah.
_ I know [G] it's cheaper to keep her.
_ [C] _ _
_ [Dm] Because [Eb] you're going to face an alimony if you leave her [Bb] alone.
_ _ [C] It's cheaper to keep her.
All the fellas out there know what I'm talking about.
Those of you [Dm] that don't know, [Eb] it's cheaper to stay alone.
I got to tell [Ebm] you.
I'm bringing you the [C] message tonight.
It's cheaper to keep her.
It's cheaper to keep [Eb] her.
_ _ _ She's going to cost you too much if you [F] let her go, man.
It's cheaper [Bb] to keep her.
[C] _
You might as well put [Eb] up with your little alimony.
_ I'm going to tell you something tonight.
[C] I'll tell you it's cheaper to keep her. _
Amen.
[Eb] It's cheaper to keep her.
Ha.
[C] _
Yeah.
By the time you [B] get through looking at your [C] little face, _
you'll be [Eb] lucky if you even have a place.
[G] It's cheaper to keep her. _ _ _