Cheaper To Keep Her Tab By Taylor Johnnie

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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 15:40:42 -0400
From: Andrew Rogers 
Subject: t/taylor_johnnie/cheaper_to_keep_her.crd

                         "Cheaper To Keep Her"
                              (Mack Rice)

Intro:

	C9   Db9  C9    Db9  [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 ...
	      F7
	It's cheaper to ...

Verse 1:

	 C7
	When your little ...
	 F7
	And you get an ...
	 G7
	Five little children that ...
	 F7
	Son, you're gonna pay some alim....

Chorus:

	                  C7
	That's why it's cheaper ....(1: help me say it, y'all)
	      F7                            (2: everybody sing along with me)
	It's cheaper to ....
	     G7
	[1: When you get ....that judge ....
	[2: By the time you get ....
	        F7
	You're gonna want to cuss the.... whole human race
	                  C7
	That's why it's cheaper to ....
	Eb7
	   [2: It's cheaper to keep her....
	        C7
	(It's cheaper, it's cheaper...
	(It's cheaper ....

Verse 2:

	You didn't pay but two dollars to bring the .....
[repeat chorus]

Verse 3:

	I know you think the grass is .....

Coda [background voices continue to fade]:

	                  C7
	That's why it's cheaper to ...
	                      Eb7
	It costs too much to leave ...
	             C7
	I know it's ...
	                             Eb7
	'Cause you're gonna pay some ...
	                     C7
	I tell y'all - it's cheaper to ....
		are ...
	      Eb7
	It's cheaper to keep her, I ....

	[continue to fade]


-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers