Merry Go 'Round chords by
Kacey Musgraves
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Key: F# major

Intro 1

F#

F#

F#

F#

Verse 1
F# F# 
 
If you ain't got two kids by twenty- one
B B 
 
You're probably gonna die alone
Least that's what tradition told you
F# F# 
 
And it  don't matter if you don't believe
Come Sunday morning,
B B 
 
you best be there in the front row,

Pre-chorus 1

like you're s'posed to

Bm

F#

Same hurt in every heart

Bm

C#

Same trailer, different park

Chorus 1
B B 
 
Mama's hooked on Mary Kay
Brother's hooked on Mary Jane
F# F# 
 
And daddy's hooked on
Mary two doors down
B B 
 
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
We get bored, so we get married
F# F# 
 
C# C# 
 
D#m D#m 
 
And just like dust, we settle in this town
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
On this broken merry go 'round
C# C# 
 
and 'round and 'round we go
D#m D#m 
 
C# C# 
 
B B 
 
Where it stops, nobody knows
And it ain't slowin' down
F# F# 
 
This merry go 'round

Verse 2
F# F# 
 
We think the first time's good enough
B B 
 
So we hold on to high school love
Say we won't end up like our parents
F# F# 
 
Tiny little boxes in a row
B B 
 
Ain't what you want, it's what you know

Pre-chorus 2

Just happy in the shoes you're wearin'

Bm

F#

Same checks we're always cashin'

Bm

C#

To buy a little more distraction

Chorus 2
B B 
 
Mama's hooked on Mary Kay
Brother's hooked on Mary Jane
F# F# 
 
And daddy's hooked on
Mary two doors down
B B 
 
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
We get bored, so we get married
F# F# 
 
C# C# 
 
D#m D#m 
 
And just like dust, we settle in this town
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
On this broken merry go 'round
C# C# 
 
and 'round and 'round we go
D#m D#m 
 
C# C# 
 
B B 
 
Where it stops, nobody knows
And it ain't slowin' down

Interlude 1

This merry go

F#

('round)

F#

B

B

Chorus 3
B B 
 
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
We're so bored until we're buried
F# F# 
 
C# C# 
 
D#m D#m 
 
And just like dust, we settle in this town
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
On this broken merry go 'round
B B 
 
Merry go 'round

Outro 1

F#

Jack and Jill went up the hill

Jack burned out on booze and pills

B

And Mary had a little lamb

F#

Mary just don't give a damn no more

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ChordsF# B Bm C# D#m

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