Chords
Maria

Key: F

Introduction:

difficulty
intermediate |||||
          F                                            C                                                      F                                      C7  
She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee, her dress has got a tear
          F                                    C                                      F                                      C7  
She waltzes on her way to mass and whistles on the stair
          Dm                                                                            Bbm7  
And underneath her wimple, she has curlers in her hair
     Gm7                                                                      C7  
I even heard her singing in the abbey
verse 2
                F                                      C                                      F                              C7  
She's always late for chapel, but her penitence is real
                F                                      C                                 F                                    C7  
She's always late for everything, except for every meal
     Dm                                                                         Bbm7  
I hate to have to say it, but I very firmly feel
     Gm7                                                            C7  
Maria's not an asset to the abbey
Pre-Chorus
          Dm                                                                    C7  
I'd like to say a word in her behalf
     Dm    Gm7              C7  
Maria makes me laugh
F                                                                                 C7  
How do you solve a problem like Maria?
F                                                                                            C7  
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
F                                                                                            Bb  
How do you find the word that means Maria?
     G                                            Bbm7                                         C7  
A flibbertijibbet, a will-o'-the wisp, a clown
F                                                                                            C7  
Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her
F                                                                              Gm  
Many a thing she ought to understand
          Fm                                                                      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                                                                                 Gm  
Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria?
G7+                                 C7                                      F  
How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?
verse 3 (a capella)
                          F                         C7                              F                                      C7  
She'd out pester any pest, drive a hornet from its nest
                          F                                         C7                                 F  
She could throw a whirling dervish out of whirl
                  Gm  
She is gentle, she is wild, she's a riddle, she's a child
                     A7                                                                              C7  
She's a headache, she's an angel, she's a girl
F                                                                                 C7  
How do you solve a problem like Maria?
F                                                                                            C7  
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
F                                                                                            Bb  
How do you find the word that means Maria?
     G                                            Bbm7                                         C7  
A flibbertijibbet, a will-o'-the wisp, a clown
F                                                                                            C7  
Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her
F                                                                              Gm  
Many a thing she ought to understand
          Fm                                                                      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                                                                                 Gm  
Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria?
                                                                                             F  
How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?