He Thinks He’ll Keep Her - Mary Chapin Carpenter Intro: [G] [G] [Em] [C] [G] [G] [Em] [C] Verse 1: [G] She makes his [G] coffee, [Em] she makes his [C] bed [G] She does the [G] laundry, [Em] she keeps him [C] fed [D] When she was [D] twenty-one she [Am] wore her mother's [Am] lace [D] She said for[D]ever with a [Em] smile up[C]on her [D] face [G] She does the [G] carpool, [Em] she PTA's [C] [G] Doctors and [G] dentists, [Em] she drives [C] all day [D] When she was [D] twenty-nine [Am] she delivered num[Am]ber three [D] And every chri[D]stmas card [Em] showed a [C] perfect [D] family |Chorus: |[G] Everyth[D]ing runs right on [C] time, years of [D] practice and des[G]ign |Spit and [D] polish till it [C] shines, he thinks he'll [D] keep her |[G] Everyth[D]ing is so ben[C]ign, safest [D] place you'll ever [G] find |God for[D]bid you'd change your [C] mind, he thinks he'll [D] keep her Instrumental: [G] [G] [Em] [C] Verse 2: [G] She packs his [G] suitcase, [Em] she sits and [C] waits [G] With no express[G]ion upon [Em] her face [C] [D] When she was [D] thirty-six [Am] she met him at the [Am] door [D] She said, "I'm [D] sorry, I [Em] don't [C] love you any[D]more" Chorus: Instrumental: [G] [G] [Em] [C] Bridge: For [D] fifteen years she [D] had a job and [Am] not one raise in [Am] pay [D] Now she's in the [D] typing pool at [Em] minimum [C] wage [D] |Chorus: |[G] Everyth[D]ing runs right on [C] time, years of [D] practice and des[G]ign |Spit and [D] polish till it [C] shines, he thinks he'll [D] keep her |[G] Everyth[D]ing is so ben[C]ign, safest [D] place you'll ever [G] find |God for[D]bid you'd change your [C] mind, he thinks he'll [D] keep her Outro: [G] [G] [Em] [C] [G] [G] [Em] [C] [G] [G] [Em] [C] [G] [G] [Em] [C] [D] [G]