F# If you ain't got two kids by 21 D#m You're probably gonna die alone F# Least that's what tradition told you F# F#7 And it don't matter if you don't believe Come Sunday morning, you best be there in the D#m front row like you're supposed to Bm F# Same hurt in every heart Bm C# Same trailer, different park Chorus: B Mama's hooked on Mary Kay B7 Brother's hooked on Mary Jane F# F#7 Daddy's hooked on Mary two doors down B Mary, Mary quite contrary B7 We get bored, so, we get married F# D#m Just like dust, we settle in this town B F# On this broken merry go 'round and 'round and 'round we go D#m C# Bm Where it stops nobody knows and it ain't slowin' down F# This merry go 'round We think the first time's good enough So we hold on to high school love Say we won't end up like our parents Tiny little boxes in a row Ain't what you want, it's what you know Just happy in the shoes you're wearin' Same checks we're always cashin' To buy a little more distraction Chorus: 'Cause Mama's hooked on Mary Kay Brother's hooked on Mary Jane And Daddy's hooked on Mary two doors down Mary, Mary, quite contrary We get bored so we get married And just like dust, we settle in this town On this broken merry go 'round And 'round and 'round we go Where it stops, nobody knows And it ain't slowin' down This merry go 'round Mary, Mary, quite contrary We're so bored until we're buried And just like dust we settle in this town On this broken merry go 'round Merry go 'round Jack and Jill went up the hill Jack burned out on booze and pills And Mary had a little lamb Mary just don't give a damn no more | TransposeReset Font sizeReset Chords fingeringsB B7 Bm C# D#m F# F#7 |