Cheaper To Keep Her

CHEAPER TO KEEP HER
By: Mack Rice
Johnnie Taylor, The Blues Brothers
Key: C


(You’re tied up, you better stay tied up,
‘cause it’s cheaper to keep her.
This is from T. He says,

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It’s cheap-er to keep her
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It’s cheap-er to keep her
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When your lit-tle girl make you mad,
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And you get an at-ti-tude
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And pack your bags;
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Five lit-tle child-ren that
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You’re leav-ing be-hind
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Son, you’re gon-na pay some al-i-mon-y
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Or do some time
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That’s why it’s cheap-er to keep her
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It’s cheap-er to keep her

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See, when you get to stare
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That judge in the face
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You’re gon-na want to cuss
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The whole hu-man race 
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That’s why it’s cheap-er to keep her
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It’s cheap-er to keep her
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It’s cheap-er it’s cheap-er it’s cheap-er
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It’s cheap-er it’s cheap-er to keep   her