Lines In The Carpet
Recorded by Ashley McBryde
Album: Single (2026)

(Capo on 4)

(Intro.)
|(Em) / (C) / |(D) / / / |(Em) / (C) / |(D) / / / |
|(Em) / (C) / |(D) / / / |(Em) / (C) / |(D) /

(Verse 1)
He don't (Em)hear her (C)say, "God-(D)dammit"
When she's (Em)clorox-(C)ing the (D)granite
(Em)She's just (C)like ce-(D)ramic, 'bout to break (Em) (C) (D)
He don't (Em)see her (C)tears on (D)that floor
When she's (Em)dusting (C)off the (D)baseboards
Feels (Em)like that's (C)all she's (D)made for nowadays (Em) (C) (D)

(Chorus)
(C)She won't tell him, and (G)he ain't asking
(Em)Throw another towel in the (D)laundry basket
(C)She ain't happy, but (G)what she needs
She can't (Em)buy at the super-(D)market
She's a (C)mess, but the house is (G)clean
As the cover of (Em)Better Homes and (D)Gardens
And he can't (C)read between the (D)lines in the (Em)carpet (C) (D)
No, he (Em)can't (C) (D)

(Verse 2)
He splits his (Em)time be-(C)tween the (D)golf course
And gin and (Em)tonics (C)on the back (D)porch
He don't (Em)talk to (C)her much (D)no more,
He only yells (Em) (C) (D)
The kids and (Em)pot roast (C)keep her (D)busy
Because (Em)when you're (C)born that (D)pretty
You get to (Em)be Miss (C)Missis-(D)sippi
And nothing (Em)else (C) (D)

(Chorus)
(C)She won't tell him, and (G)he ain't asking
(Em)Throw another towel in the (D)laundry basket
(C)She ain't happy, but (G)what she needs
She can't (Em)buy at the super-(D)market
She's a (C)mess, but the house is (G)clean
As the cover of (Em)Better Homes and (D)Gardens
He can't (C)read between the (D)lines in the (Em)carpet

(Instrumental)
          / / / |(D) / / / |(Em) / / / |(D) / / / |
|(Em) / / / |(D) / / / |(Em) / / / |(G) / / /

(Bridge)
(D) She keeps (C)pushing that (G)Dyson every-(Em)day all over again (D)
And (Am)he'll come home from (Bm)work tonight, and (C)walk all over them

(Chorus)
He ain't (C)changing, she ain't (G)leaving
Be-(Em)cause he doesn't hit her, and the (D)kids are sleeping
But (C)she ain't happy, but (G)what she needs
She can't (Em)buy at the super-(D)market
She's a (C)mess, but the house is (G)clean
As the (Em)cover of Better Homes and (D)Gardens
And he can't (C)read between the (D)lines in the (Em)carpet / (C) / (D) /
No, he (Em)can't / (C) / (D) / / /

(Outro.)
(Em) / (C) / (D) / / / (Em) / / (D) - - - - -