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