Husbands and wives    (intro)    (midi)

 

    D - F#m - Bm - D (2x)

 

      D                            F#m                       Bm       

1. Two broken hearts, lonely, looking like houses,

                D          Em    - A - Em - A

    where nobody lives,

    Em                        A                       Em                          

    two people each having so much pride inside,

      A                     D        - F#m - Bm - D

    neither side forgives.

 

        C                   Am           C         

The angry words spoken in haste,

              D                G        - Em - Bm - Em

such a waste of two lives.

 A             A7                      A                        Em          

It's my belief pride is the chief cause in the decline

            A              A7                    D        

in the number of husbands and wives.

 

+  F#m - Bm - D

 

          D

3. A woman and a man, a man and a woman,

      G              A                - D                      - F#m - Bm - A

    some can, some can't,        some can't.

 

+ E - E7 - G - Em - A            + repeat verse 1         + CHORUS

 

               A             A7                      A                        Em          

    Yeah, it's my belief pride is the chief cause in the decline

                A              A7                    D        - F#m - Bm - D

    in the number of husbands and wives.

 

+ D - F#m - Bm - D (2x) …

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Brooks & Dunn)