Key: G minor
Verse 1
getting married at City Hall, huh?
We're sure.
Because getting a good start,
that's the trick of it.
To make a good start. Jane? Yeah,
G
C
G
Ma? Janie? What? It's a big thing, getting married.
You gotta look before you leap.
You gotta pick somebody to keep,
Em
D
Dsus4
A
so that when his hair is mostly gone,
Em
G
and your waist is not so slim,
you'll still be with him.
I've known Ralph for over two years now,
and I'm not saying he don't care,
and you can't go throwing money around.
I hope you got
more than you pawned me.
And even if you do,
Asus4
Especially when the children come.
I'm not married and you got me
Asus4
C
Go ask that friend in California.
You'll have kids before
you know it.
Then your life won't be your own.
Em
C
Em
Even after they're grown.
A
C
all the nights you lie awake
oh there's some good times,
Em
Asus4
where you find yourself wondering
how it ever got to be this way.
gonna last another day.
G
C
Wait, that isn't really what I meant to say.
D
A
No. It's a good thing getting married.
It's the thing that people do.
Bsus4
B
So you'll each wear a groove
in your side of the bed,
about the day you were wed.
Is that all? I guess.
You're not going to tell me
about the birds and the bees?
Don't be fresh.
F#m
And don't go thinking that's the whole thing,
because it's not.
It's just after a while,
You won't forget to talk to Uncle
Wynne, will ya? Jane.
It's a big thing,
getting married.
I'll come home as early as I can
to help with dinner.
A
D
A
How about that, Tom?
D
A
Our daughter gettin' married
would be first
Esus4
And bring her home and surprise us all
F#m
B
Sure would be nice to give her a wedding,
to start her off right,
F#m
B
with a fancy party that lasts all night.
A
Esus4
But she says she does n't want it,
A
Esus4
and I'm not gonna fight.
E
A
D
A
She's got a good head on her shoulders,
D
A
D
A
and if she doesn't want all the fuss,
F#m
then I guess they'll start out like us.
told her what it was like.
To be married.
A
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