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