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     Bx2444x
   A/Bx2222x
   C#mx4665x
     G3x0033
F#    244(3)xx
   F#7044xxx
  B/C#x4444x 
[Intro]
||:     B|  B    A/B:|| x4
BMy life's in Gjeopardy
GMurdered in cold blood is what I'm Egonna be
I Dain't been home since Dsus4Friday Dnight and Enow my wife is comin' Bafter me
C#mGive me police protection, 
Gonna Gbuy a gun so I can look after Enumber oEsus4neE  
DGive me a bodyguaDsus4rd, a blDack belt GJudo expert 
                 F#( F#7   F   F#7  F)
With a machine gun.
||:     B|  B    A/B:|| x4
BGonna buy a tank and an Gaeroplane
When she Gcatches up with me won't be no Etime to Esus4explainE  
She Dthinks I've beeDsus4n with Danother woman and Ethat's enough
To send her half BinsaneB  A/B  B  
C#mGonna buy a fast car, put Gon my lead boots and take a Elong, long Esus4driveE  
I Dmay end up spDsus4ending Dall my Gmoney, but I'll still F#be alive.
EAll I did was have a F#bit too much to drink
And I Bpicked the wrong C#mprecinctC#m  B/C#  
Got Epicked up by the law and F#now I ain't got time to Bthink.
||:    B|  B    A/B:||
BGonna buy a tank and an Gaeroplane
When she Gcatches up with me won't be no Etime to Esus4explainE  
She Dthinks I've beeDsus4n with Danother woman and Ethat's enough
To send her half BinsaneB  A/B  B  
C#mGonna buy a fast car, put Gon my lead boots and take a Elong, long Esus4driveE  
I Dmay end up spDsus4ending Dall my Gmoney, but I'll still F#be alive.
EAll I did was have a F#bit too much to drink
And I Bpicked the wrong C#mprecinctC#m  B/C#  
Got Epicked up by the law and F#now I ain't got time to Bthink.
||:    B|  B    A/B:||
EAnd I'm oh, so tired oF#f running
BGonna lay down on the C#floor
EI gotta rest sometime
F#So I can get to run some more, yeBah!
BShe's BcoA/Bmin'
She's comin'

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My Wife

by The Who

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

A/B

C#m

F#7

B/C#

Dsus4

Esus4

x2444x

A/B

x2222x

C#m

x4665x

3x0033

F# 244(3)xx

F#7

044xxx

B/C#

x4444x

[Intro]

B B A/B

||: | :|| x4

B G

My life's in jeopardy

G E

Murdered in cold blood is what I'm gonna be

D Dsus4 D E B

I ain't been home since Friday night and now my wife is comin' after me

C#m

Give me police protection,

G E Esus4 E

Gonna buy a gun so I can look after number one

D Dsus4 D G

Give me a bodyguard, a black belt Judo expert

F# F#7 F F#7 F

( )

With a machine gun.

B B A/B

||: | :|| x4

B G

Gonna buy a tank and an aeroplane

G E Esus4 E

When she catches up with me won't be no time to explain

D Dsus4 D E

She thinks I've been with another woman and that's enough

B B A/B B

To send her half insane

C#m G E Esus4 E

Gonna buy a fast car, put on my lead boots and take a long, long drive

D Dsus4 D G F#

I may end up spending all my money, but I'll still be alive.

E F#

All I did was have a bit too much to drink

B C#m C#m B/C#

And I picked the wrong precinct

E F# B

Got picked up by the law and now I ain't got time to think.

B B A/B

||: | :||

B G

Gonna buy a tank and an aeroplane

G E Esus4 E

When she catches up with me won't be no time to explain

D Dsus4 D E

She thinks I've been with another woman and that's enough

B B A/B B

To send her half insane

C#m G E Esus4 E

Gonna buy a fast car, put on my lead boots and take a long, long drive

D Dsus4 D G F#

I may end up spending all my money, but I'll still be alive.

E F#

All I did was have a bit too much to drink

B C#m C#m B/C#

And I picked the wrong precinct

E F# B

Got picked up by the law and now I ain't got time to think.

B B A/B

||: | :||

E F#

And I'm oh, so tired of running

B C#

Gonna lay down on the floor

I gotta rest sometime

F# B

So I can get to run some more, yeah!

B B A/B

She's comin'

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