The Short Answer Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][A][Bm][A][D][A][D][A][D][A][Bm][A][D]

[Verse 1]
[D]Between Marx
and [A]mar[Bm]zipan in the [A]diction[D]ary [A]there was [D]Mary
[A]Bet[D]ween the Deep Blue Sea[Bm]
[A]and the[D] Devil [A]that was me[D][G]
If ever [A]anyone could [G]help [D]me with
[G]my [D]obsession with
[G]The young [A]Suzannah York
It was Mary

[Verse 2]
[D]In [Bm]my pi[A]nk[D] pa [A]ja[D]mas[A]
[Bm]she aske[A]d me for s[D]omething
[A]I gave her t[D]he short answer
[A]She[D] read our[A] stars out lou[Bm]d
[A]And I knew then [D]that we should
have gone [G]sailing
But we stayed [A]home instead
[G]Fight[D]ing on the wa[G]ter [D]bed
Like [G]the honeymoon couple [D]on [A]drugs

[Interlude 1]
Me and Mary
[D][Bm][A][D][Bm]

[Verse 3]
[D]What happened [A]in the [Bm]past
Re[A]mained a mys[D]tery of [A]natural his[D]tory
[A]She[D] should have bee[A]n the las[Bm]t
But she [A]was just the [D]latest[A][D]
If she [G]wanted to be a [A]farmer's wife
[D]I would endure t[G]hat m[D]uddy life
I would [G]dig for vic[D]tory[A]

[Verse 4]
[A]And the[Bm] sound of happy couples
Coupling [A]happily in [D]the dark
While you and I sat down to tea
I remember you said to me
That [Bm]no amount of poetry
Would mend [D]this broken heart
But [Em]you can put [G]the Hoover round
If you [Em]want to make a start

[Interlude 2]
[D][A][G][Asus4]
[D][G][Asus4][D][G][D][G][A][Em][A]

[Verse 5]
[D]All my friends [Bm]from school
[D]Introduce me [A]to their spo[D]uses
While I'm left [A]standing [Bm]here
[A]With my hand[D]s down
the front of my trousers
[G]I just don't know what's to [A]be done
I won[G]der [D]sometimes how
[G]did Dad meet [D]Mum
And [G]how did they conceive [A]of me
Tell [D]my Mary

[Verse 6]
[Bm]The [A]boys[D] who
came to the [Bm]shop
Always [A]made her laugh
[D]muc[A]h more than I d[D]id
[A]When I t[D]old her this[A] must stop[Bm]
She didn't [A]bat an eye[D]lid[A][D]
She said [G]you know honey
it's [A]such a shame
You'll [G]never [D]be any good at this game
You [G]bruise too eas[A]ily
So said Mary
[D][Bm][A][D]

[Verse 7]
Her two brothers [A]took me [Bm]out
[A]Of circula[D]tion [A]for the dura[D]tion
[A]So we [D]went our separa[A]te way[Bm]s
but [A]does she still love [D]me
She still has my door key
Like [G]a bully boy in [A]a Benetton shop
[G]You're [D]never happy
[G]with what you've got[D]
Till [G]what you've got is
[A]gon[Asus4]e[A]

[Outro 1]
Sorry Mary
[G][A][D][G][Asus4][D][G][Asus4][D][G][Asus4]
[D][G][Asus4][D][G][A][D][A][D][G]
[A][D][G][A][D][D][G]