Cheaper To Keep Her Harmonica Tabs

By: Mack Rice
Johnnie Taylor, The Blues Brothers
Key: C

(You’re tied up, you better stay tied up,
‘cause it’s cheaper to keep her.
This is from T. He says,

-3* 5 -3* 3 -5* 5
It’s cheap-er to keep her
3 7 -6 -5* -6 -5*5
It’s cheap-er to keep her
-5* -5* -5* -5* -5* 5 -3* -5*
When your lit-tle girl make you mad,
5 -3* 5 -3* 5 -3* -5*
And you get an at-ti-tude
-3* 5 -5 -3
And pack your bags;
-6 -6 6 -6 6 -6
Five lit-tle child-ren that
6 -6 -6 6 7
You’re leav-ing be-hind
5 -3 5 -3 5 -3 -5* -3 -3 -3
Son, you’re gon-na pay some al-i-mon-y
-3* 5 -3* -5*
Or do some time
5 5 5 5 -3* 3 -5* 5
That’s why it’s cheap-er to keep her
-3* 7 -6 -5* -6 -5*5
It’s cheap-er to keep her

5 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6
See, when you get to stare
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That judge in the face
3 -3 5 5 -3 5
You’re gon-na want to cuss
3 -5* -5* 5 -5 5
The whole hu-man race
5 5 5 5 -3* 3 6 5
That’s why it’s cheap-er to keep her
5 -5* -6 5 -5* 5
It’s cheap-er to keep her
3 -3* 5 3 -3* 5 3 -3* 5
It’s cheap-er it’s cheap-er it’s cheap-er
3 -3* 5 5 -5* -6 5 -5* 5-3*3-2-1*
It’s cheap-er it’s cheap-er to keep her