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