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