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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

ADrunk (x02220@1)again out on the front lawn
Bm (x24432@1)                        D (xx0232@1)      EHer (022100@1)dress pulled up and the moon is shinin'
AI (x02220@1)swear that girl's drunk up all of my tequila
Bm (x24432@1)                                D (xx0232@1)      E (022100@1)        F#mI (244222@1)guess I better get her 'fore the trash man finds her, yeah

F#m (244222@1)D (xx0232@1)           E (022100@1)      F#mLong (244222@1)past when I'm dead and buried
D (xx0232@1)             E (022100@1)       F#mShe'll (244222@1)still be bangin' around
D (xx0232@1)        E (022100@1)    DThe (xx0232@1)girl I almost married

AMet (x02220@1)her in a bar when she was nineteen
Bm (x24432@1)                       D (xx0232@1)   EI (022100@1)was twenty-nine goin' on sixty-five
ASaid (x02220@1)she knew a better way to get my kicks
Bm (x24432@1)                            D (xx0232@1)   E (022100@1)     F#mNow (244222@1)I'm stuck with her till the day I die, oh yeah

F#m (244222@1)D (xx0232@1)           E (022100@1)      F#mLong (244222@1)past when I'm dead and buried
D (xx0232@1)             E (022100@1)       F#mShe'll (244222@1)still be bangin' around
D (xx0232@1)        E (022100@1)    DThe (xx0232@1)girl I almost married

(bridge)
Bm (x24432@1)                              E (022100@1)      BmAnd (x24432@1)though I know she'll probably kill me
Bm (x24432@1)                          D (xx0232@1)  EI (022100@1)know I'd die if she weren't with me

AThis (x02220@1)little girl's got the soul of an old man
    Bm (x24432@1)                         D (xx0232@1)          EShe (022100@1)says life is short you gotta grab it with both hands
AAnd (x02220@1)if by chance we happen to go over
   Bm (x24432@1)                            D (xx0232@1)         E (022100@1)   F#mWe (244222@1)spend all week in bed with the sweetest hangover, yeah

F#m (244222@1)D (xx0232@1)           E (022100@1)      F#mLong (244222@1)past when I'm dead and buried
D (xx0232@1)             E (022100@1)       F#mShe'll (244222@1)still be bangin' around
D (xx0232@1)        E (022100@1)    DThe (xx0232@1)girl I almost married
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