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Capo on 4th fret
Verse 1:
F/C C7
She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee, her
F/C C7
Dress has got a tear
F/C C7 F/C
She waltzes on her way to mass and whistles on
C7
The stair
Dm Bbm7
And underneath her wimple, she has curlers in
Her hair
F/C Dm Gm7 C
I even heard her singing in the ab--bey
Verse 2:
F/C C7 F/C
She's always late for chapel, but her penitence
C7
Is real
F/C C7 F/C
She's always late for everything, except for
C7
Every meal
Dm Bbm7
I hate to have to say it, but I very firmly
Feel
F/C Dm Gm7 C
Maria's not an asset to the ab--bey
Pre-Chorus
Dm C7
I'd like to say a word in her behalf
Dm Gm7 C7
Maria makes me laugh
F/C F C7
How do you solve a problem like Maria?
F/C F C7
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
F Am/C Bb
How do you find the word that means Maria?
G Bbm7 C7
A flibbertijibbet, a will-o'-the wisp, a clown
F/C F C7
Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her
F/C F Gm
Many a thing she ought to understand
Fm/C C7
But how do you make her stay and listen to all
You say?
Fm C7
How do you keep a wave upon the sand?
F/C F Gm
Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria?
F C4 C7 F
How do you hold a moonbeam, in your hand?
Bridge:
When I'm with her I'm confused, out of focus
And bemused
And I never know exactly where I am
Unpredictable as weather, she's as flighty as a
Feather
She's a darling, she's a demon, she's a lamb
Bb4 Bb Bb4
She'd out pester any pest, drive a hornet from
Bb
Its nest
Bb4 Bb Bb4
She could throw a whirling dervish out of whirl
Bb
F4 F F4
She is gentle, she is wild, she's a riddle
F
She's a child
Gm7 Gm7 C7
She's a headache, she's an angel, she's a girl
F/C F C7
How do you solve a problem like Maria?
F/C F C7
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
F Am/C Bb
How do you find the word that means Maria?
G Bbm7 C7
A flibbertijibbet, a will-o'-the wisp, a clown
F/C F C7
Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her
F/C F Gm
Many a thing she ought to understand
Fm/C C7
But how do you make her stay and listen to all
You say?
Fm C7
How do you keep a wave upon the sand?
F/C F Gm
Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria?
F C4 C7 F
How do you hold a moonbeam, in your hand?
Written by Rodgers & Hammerstein