A    C#m7b5               Bm7    E7
She hates my mama;         she hates my daddy too,

              A           C#m7b5          Bm7      E7
She loves to tell me,       she hates the things I do.

              A  C#m7b5      Cm7          Bm7
She loves to lie beside me, almost every night

 A         E7            A   E7
She’s no lady, she’s my wife.


[Verse 2]

              A       C#m7b5         Bm7      E7 
The preacher asked her,     and she says, “I do”.

              A       C#m7b5                 Bm7      E7 
The preacher asked me,        and she said, “He does too!”

              A         C#m7b5       Cm7           Bm7
The preacher says, “I pronounce you ninety nine to life!”
      A       E7                A  A7
Man, she’s no lady; she’s your wife


[Bridge]

           D9   
I can’t remember how I met her.
            A          Bb                   A    A7       
Seems she always been hangin’ here off my right arm,
           D9
I can’t remember how I ever,
    E7                        F                       E7
Thought that I just couldn’t live without a woman’s charm.


[Verse 3]

 A                           C#m7b5    Bm7      E7
Now even though she likes the smell of French perfume.

A                         C#m7b5         Bm7          E7
And even though she walks around in them high-heeled shoes,

A     C#m7b5              Cm7      Bm7
All I know is that I’m the one who pays the price,

A            E7             A   A7
Man she’s no lady she’s my wife.


[Bridge]

D9   
I can’t remember how I met her.
           A           Bb                   A    A7       
Seems she always been hangin’ here off my right arm,
           D9
I can’t remember how I ever,
    E7                             F                  E7
Thought that I just couldn’t live without a woman’s charm.
 

[Verse 4]

A           C#m7b5         Bm7         E7
She hates my mama;  she hates my daddy too,

              A       C#m7b5               Bm7     E7
She loves to tell me,       she hates the things I do.

              A  C#m7b5      Cm7             Bm7
She loves to lie beside me, almost every night

 A        E7             Cm7  Bm7  Bbm7 A7
She’s no lady, she’s my wife.