#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # 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 F#m I guess I better get her 'fore the trash man finds her, yeah F#m D E F#m Long past when I'm dead and buried D E F#m 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 F#m Now I'm stuck with her till the day I die, oh yeah F#m D E F#m Long past when I'm dead and buried D E F#m 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 F#m We spend all week in bed with the sweetest hangover, yeah F#m D E F#m Long past when I'm dead and buried D E F#m She'll still be bangin' around D E D The girl I almost married
