C                                    F              C
You wouldn't believe the number of times I've heard somebody say
               G       Am7                     D        G
How come some guy some handsome prince hasn't swept you away
        F              C                      G          Am7
But I take off on that tour  bus, a different city every night
       F          C                   G             A
O an doing what I love to do makes it hard to be a wife

BRAD:
       D                                       G               A7
You wouldn't  believe the number of times I've been asked that myself
 D                  G         A7         Em                      A7
Folks can't  understand why a heart like mine is still up on the shelf
           G            D           A                Bm
But  I'm married to my music and I have been most my life
            G             D
It makes it hard to be a  husband

CHELY:
         Em            A
Makes it hard to be a  wife

TOGETHER:
G               A                   Bm         G         A            D  Dsus  D
Cuz I'd rather  play the grand ole  orpy, than go out to dinner an a  movie
 G                A               D             Bm
Right now I'm not thinking bout a family of  my own

CHELY:
 G
Cuz the bands on  stage,

BRAD:
        A             A7
And I'm late for my  show.    (interlude G  A)

TOGETHER:
G                  A                  Bm
There's folks that think  my life  is lackin...
        G                 A            D
cuz my time at home is usually  spent  packin...
G                      A           D                Bm
might  assume  that I don't have a clue what loves  about

CHELY:
 G
but I  know love

BRAD:
 A                A7
of that I have no doubt.

CHELY:
D                                             G             A7
cuz you wouldn't believe the way  it feels to hear somebody say
     D                 G                     Em                    A
Your song sure means a lot to  me, it got me through a real tough  day.

BRAD:
G                     D                 A            Bm
If hearing words like that mean  giving up my social life.

CHELY:
           G                     D                            Em
Then  I've got all the friends I need  on that on that front  row.

BRAD:
          G                      D                   Em
Then I've got all  the friends I need, on that back  row.

TOGETHER:
    G                   D                      Em
And we can't see those folks unless were never home

CHELY:
         A7                     G
and that makes it hard to be a  wife

BRAD:
    D             A7
And hard to be a  husband,

CHELY:
                  G            D
And that makes it Hard to be a wife.