Wives And Lovers (chrom)

W: Hal David
M: Burt Bacharach
From: “Wives And Lovers”
Key: Eb
Time: 3/4

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Hey, lit-tle girl, comb your hair
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fix your make-up,
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Soon he will o-pen the door.
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Don’t think be-cause
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There’s a ring on your fin-ger
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you need-n’t try an-y more.
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For wives should al-ways
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be lov-ers too.
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Run to his arms the mo-ment
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he comes home to you.
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I’m warn-ing you.

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Day af-ter day there are girls
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At the of-fice and men
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will al-ways be men.
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Don’t send him off
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with your hair still in curl-ers,
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You may not see him a-gain,
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for wives should al-ways
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Be lov-ers too. Run to his arms
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the mo-ment he comes home to you.
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He’s al-most here.

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Hey lit-tle girl, bet-ter wear
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Some-thing pret-ty,
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Some-thing you’d wear
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to go to the cit-y;
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And dim all the lights,
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pour the wine,
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Start the mu-sic, time
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to get read-y for love.
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Oh, time to get read-y,
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time to get read-y,
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Time to get read-y for love