C G Am
F G C
C G Am
F G C

[Verse 1]
C                      G      Am
I married Charlie when I was sixteen
 F                             G      C
But I didn't love him and he didn't love me
 C                       G  Am
Frank was sweet, sent me poetry
 F                            G      C
But it wasn't the same as it was on TV

[Interlude]
C G Am F G C x2

[Verse 2]
C                        G    Am
A lonely widow with no place to go
  F                            G      C
For a time I settled on the Florida coast
 C                     G     Am
Rick and Arlie, they had to go
    F                     G        C
To join the rest of my family's ghosts

[Interlude]
C G Am F G C x2

[Chorus]
    Am  G   C
And oh, oh, oh
   F               G      C
I haven't been a perfect wife
       Am G   F
I'm a lonely heart
    F              G                C
Looking for the real romance of my life

[Interlude]
C G Am F G C x2

[Verse 3]
    C                               G    Am
Now Sam was a hard man with a real mean streak
        F                 G       C
Said women don't need romance magazines
 C                        G    Am
But I showed him with his last coffee
     F                              G       C
And now they can do anything they like with me

[Chorus]
    Am  G   C
And oh, oh, oh
   F               G      C
I haven't been a perfect wife
       Am G   F
I'm a lonely heart
    F              G                C
Looking for the real romance of my life


[Bridge]
         Dm          Am
Take it easy, don't worry
         G
I'll be fine in here
      Dm                Am
I'm sure I'll find my perfect mate yet
           G
And my conscience is clear

[Interlude]
C G Am F G C x2

[Verse 4]
       C                               G    Am
Didn't do it for the money, in truth I was bored
   F                 G   C
Nobody writes to me anymore
    C             G    Am
Cigarettes and prison walls
    F                        G       C
Will keep me company till I meet the Lord

And Lord knows that


[Chorus]
    Am  G   C
And oh, oh, oh
   F               G      C
I haven't been a perfect wife
       Am G   F
I'm a lonely heart
    F              G                C
Looking for the real romance of my life

    Am  G   C
And oh, oh, oh
   F               G      C
I haven't been a perfect wife
       Am G   F
I'm a lonely heart
    F              G                C
Looking for the real romance of my life

[Interlude]
C G Am F G
F Am

[Outro]
  Dm              Am
Take it easy, don't worry
          G
I'll be fine in here