Chords for k.d. lang - Dreams of the Everyday Housewife

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_ _ She _ _ looks in the mirror _ and [E]
stares at the wrinkles _ [D] that _ weren't _ there yesterday _
_ _ _ Thinks _ _ _ of the young man [A] she _ almost married _ [D] What would [C#] he think [D] if he saw her [C#] this way? _ _ _ _
_ [A] Picks up [C#m] her apron [A] in little girl fashion _
_ [D] _ Something _ [F#m] comes into [Bm] her _ mind
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[D] _ _ Slowly starts _ dancing, [A] _ remembering [B] her _ [A]
girlhood [D] And all _ [C#] of the boys [D] she had waiting [E] in line _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] Oh, such _ [B] are the _ [E] dreams [A] of the everyday _ [Bm] _ housewife [A] You see _ [D] everywhere, _ [A] any _ time [E] of the day _ _ _
_ An everyday _ _ housewife [F#] [D] who gave up the good life [A] _ for [Bm] me _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ The _ _
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_ _ photograph _ album she _ _ takes from the closet And _ _ slowly _ _ turns a _ _ page _ _
_ _ [E] _ Carefully _ picks [B] up the _ _ crumbling flower [E] The first one [G#] he gave her _ [E] now withered [D#] away _
She _ _ _ [B] _ closes her eyes, _ touches _ the house dress _ [E] _ _ _
[B] Suddenly _ _ _ disappears _
[E] _ _ _ _ And just for the moment _ [B] she's wearing the gown [E] That blew _ [D#] her mind [E] back so many [F#] _ years
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[B] Oh, these are the _ [E]
dreams [B] of the everyday [E] _ _
housewife [B] You see _ [E] everywhere, _ [B] any _ time of the [F#] _
day
_ An _ _ everyday _ _ _ [B] housewife [E] who gave up the good life [B] for me
_ _ _ An _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
everyday _ _ housewife _ [E] gave up [B] the good life for me _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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