Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 12:05:26 -0700 (MST)
From: jtb@xmission.com (J.T. Broderick)
Subject: Beat Farmers, The Girl I Almost Married.crd
The Girl I Almost Married
by Joey Harris
The Beat Farmers, Poor And Famous, Curb Records, 1987
A
Drunk again out on the front lawn
Bm D E
Her dress pulled up and the moon is shinin`
A
I swear that girl`s drunk up all of my tequila
Bm D E Fm
I guess I better get her `fore the trash man finds her, yeah
Fm D E Fm
Long past when I`m dead and buried
D E Fm
She`ll still be bangin` around
D E D
The girl I almost married
A
Met her in a bar when she was nineteen
Bm D E
I was twenty-nine goin` on sixty-five
A
Said she knew a better way to get my kicks
Bm D E Fm
Now I`m stuck with her till the day I die, oh yeah
Fm D E Fm
Long past when I`m dead and buried
D E Fm
She`ll still be bangin` around
D E D
The girl I almost married
(bridge)
Bm E Bm
And though I know she`ll probably kill me
Bm D E
I know I`d die if she weren`t with me
A
This little girl`s got the soul of an old man
Bm D E
She says life is short you gotta grab it with both hands
A
And if by chance we happen to go over
Bm D E Fm
We spend all week in bed with the sweetest hangover, yeah
Fm D E Fm
Long past when I`m dead and buried
D E Fm
She`ll still be bangin` around
D E D
The girl I almost married