Cheaper To Keep Her Chords by Johnnie Taylor

A one, two, three, and. _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [B] _ [C] I don't know about _
[G] _ _ _ _ you.
If you're tired of it, you better stay tired of it.
Cause she would keep [Bb] it.
[Abm] _ [Cm] This song goes out to [B] everybody in Los Angeles.
[Gm] _ _ If she would keep her,
[B] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] If she would keep [E] her.
_ [Cm] _ Look at it.
[Bb] When your [B] [Gm] girl
make you mad,
_ [Cm] _ _ you [Eb] get her [F] attitude and [Eb] pack your bag.
_ [G] Five [C] little children,
you [Dm] leave them behind.
[F] Something [Eb] to go through some alimony
or [Cm] through some time.
If [Gm] she would keep her,
_ keep her.
[Cm] Cause eventually
she [F] would keep [F] her.
_ [G]
Time to get you looking.
That [Dm] child in [G] the face,
[Cm] you're gonna want to scuff.
That old man's way.
[C] If she would keep her,
_ keep her.
[Eb] But there'll be
_ [Bbm] a secret garden
you'll never find.
[C] _ _ _ [Abm] _ [C] _ _ If she would keep her,
keep her. keep [Bb] her. _ _
[G] You've been faithful too [B] long
[Bb] to take the little girl home.
[Cm] _
Now you're about to fade too long
and leave her alone.
[D] You see another woman [Gb] out there,
[G] you [Dm] want to make a [Cm] change.
But she ain't gonna want you
cause she [F] ain't got a_
[G] If she would keep [B] her, keep her.
[C] If she would keep her,
[F] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ keep her.
[G] _ Time to get you looking.
That child in the face,
[F] you're gonna want to scuff.
[Cm] The old man's [G] way.
_ _ [Abm] _ [C] _ If she would keep her,
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ keep her.
[C] If she would [B] keep her, keep her.
[C] _ _ _ _
[Gm] If she would keep her,
keep her.
Oh _ _ _ [B] you think [C] the grass is greener?
[F] _ [Cm] Way over [E] on the [Cm] other side.
[D] _ _ [F] When that child [G] gives you that
kind of look,
[F] you'll be a little bit funny.
And mama's pocketbook
[C] is for the keeper.
[Bb] _ [C] If she would keep her,
[Eb] _ _ _ _ keep her.
If she would keep her,
[C] keep [Bb] her.
[C] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ You got it.
[C] _ _ _ [Abm] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [B] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[G] Wait a minute.
_ [B] _ [C] _ _ Wait a [Eb] minute.
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [B] _ [Cm] _ _ You better listen to me.
Bring it down.
_ [Bbm] Bring it, bring it, [G] bring it.
Bring it on down.
[B] [C] I'm gonna talk to all the fellows here tonight.
[Eb] Hey fellows!
_ _ _ [Bbm] Hey ladies!
[G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ I'm gonna [Eb] tell you something.
[Db] _ All the men here [Eb] tonight. _ _
[C] Look, if you [B] decide [C] to roam _ _ _
[Eb] _ [Bbm] _ [Eb] and leave your happy [Bbm] home,
you [C] got to pay the house note,
_ the child support, _
[Bbm] the insurance bill,
and all of this other other [C] things.
_ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ Oh!
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ Oh [C] no!
_ [Bm] Yeah!
[C] _ _ Oh!
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[G] _ It's safer _ to keep her. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _