[Primera Parte]

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She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee, her
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Dress has got a tear
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She waltzes on her way to mass and whistles on
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The stair
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And underneath her wimple, she has curlers in
Her hair
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I even heard her singing in the ab--bey

[Segunda Parte]

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She's always late for chapel, but her penitence
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Is real
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She's always late for everything, except for
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Every meal
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I hate to have to say it, but I very firmly
Feel
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Maria's not an asset to the ab--bey

[Pré-Refrão 1]

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I'd like to say a word in her behalf
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Maria makes me laugh

[Refrão 1]

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How do you solve a problem like Maria?
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How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
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How do you find the word that means Maria?
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A flibbertijibbet, a will-o'-the wisp, a clown

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Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her
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Many a thing she ought to understand
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But how do you make her stay and listen to all
You say?
Fm                              C7
How do you keep a wave upon the sand?

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Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria?
F                 C4        C7      F
How do you hold a moonbeam, in your hand?

[Ponte 1]

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

[Ponte 2]

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She'd out pester any pest, drive a hornet from
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Its nest
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She could throw a whirling dervish out of whirl
 Bb
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She is gentle, she is wild, she's a riddle
       F
She's a child
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She's a headache, she's an angel, she's a girl

[Refrão 2]

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?