Summer Dress

	  		Intro: A (2 bars) 

Verse: 1 
A 
I put on my finest summer dress 
A 
So light and thin, it was my best 
  D                  Bm 
I brushed my hair, I held my breath 
       A 
I went out to face the wilderness 
       E           D            A 
I went out to face     the wilderness 

Verse: 2 
A 
Men in hats, boys on bikes 
A 
Perfect girls, baby dykes 
D           Bm 
Superstars, blighted ones 
       A 
I went out to face them one by one 
       E                 D        A 
I went out to face them,   one by one 


G   D/F#   G   A 
Goodbye    Maryann 
G      D             A 
As you turn to watch me 
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Don't cry    Maryann 
Bm        C#m    D        E 
And don't try to stop me 


Verse: 3 
A 
Cause I'm gonna go where the lights are bright 
A 
Where sacred secrets sail like kites 
           D             Bm 
We've been sleeping girl all our lives 
       A 
And we never lived no we just survived 
    E            D            A 
And we never lived.   We just survived 

Verse: 4 
A 
I'll take my heart, I'll take my key 
A 
I'll find out who, who could care for me 
          D                       Bm 
Are there pots of gold, are there floods and fires 
          F#m                  A 
Are there thieves and beggars, saints and liars 
          E                    D            A 
Are there thieves and beggars,   saints and liars? 

 
G   D/F#   G   A 
Goodbye    Maryann 
G      D             A 
As you turn to watch me 
G     D/F#   G   A 
Don't cry    Maryann 
Bm        C#m    D        E 
And don't try to stop me 


Verse: 5 
A 
I put on my finest summer dress 
A 
So light and thin, torn at the chest 
  D 
I brushed my hair, I held my breath 
  A 
I went out to face the wilderness 
       E           D            A 
I went out to face     the wilderness 

Instrumental: 
(chords as in verse) 
A 
A 
D Bm 
A 
E D A 

Outro:
G   D/F#   G   A 
Maryann... 
(fade out repeating) 
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