Intro: G
C G
Ann Marie lives in Kansas City
D G
She's a christian, she loves living there
C G
She said, "I'm flying back to Brooklyn"
D G
Rolls her eyes and fixes her hair
C G
Cleans houses with mom for work
D G
Goes to school and dreams of dirt
C G
Strives and tries to live life plain
D G C
But a loss of love sure can make you mean
CHORUS:
G D G
How can I begin to guess
Am Em
The life and times of a wedding dress
C G D G
Bright and shiny like the sun
Am D Em
Then sealed away like a secret shotgun
C G D G
Bright and shiny like the sun
Am D G
Then sealed away like a secret shotgun
INTERLUDE: C D G C D G
C G
Jerry Gobel is an auto mechanic
D G
Born and raised just outside the seam
C G
Bright eyes in a jungle city
D G C
He never could really love Ann Marie
CHORUS:
G D G
How could I begin to guess, he said
Am Em
The life and times of a wedding dress
C G D G
Bright and shiny like the sun
Am D Em
Then sealed away like a secret shotgun
C G D G
Bright and shiny like the sun
Am D Em
Then sealed away like a secret shotgun, shotgun
INSTRUMENTAL: C D G C D G C D G
C G
Grandma's a Pentecostal
D G
Goes to church 'most every day
C G
Ann Marie and her baby, Mikey
D G C
A new reason to live and pray
CHORUS:
G D G
How could I begin to guess
Am Em
The life and times of a wedding dress
C G D G
Bright and shiny like the sun
Am D Em
Then sealed away like a secret shotgun
C G D G
Bright and shiny like the sun
Am D G
Then sealed away like a secret shotgun, shotgun