A# / D# (2 X)
A# D#
Marrying you is like finding the perfect pair of shoes
A# D# A#
And hoping they’ll fit forever
D#
Marrying you is believing that everyday I’ll wake up in white sheets A#
D#
Warmed to beyond my own cocoon of blood and bone Dm
D#
Marrying you is scary; it’s lucky and confusing F A#
D#
Marrying you is building this house of wax and wood,
A# D# A#
Color and quiet, hope and holy
D#
Marrying you is something I’ve never done before and
A# D# Dm
Hope to never do again, at least not with anyone else
D# F
Marrying you is one of the most exciting things I’ve ever done
Dm D#
I get to wear the most beautiful dress
G# D#
I hope our friends and family love us as we love them
G# D#
I hope they come, I hope they have fun
G# F D# A#/ D#
Cause this day is for everyone uh uh uh… A#
D#
Marrying you is full of to do lists and appointments
A# D#
It’s a massive river we’re swimming in, sometimes drowning in A#
D# A#
Marrying you is floating judgment off our backs on to the shore
D#
Hoping it doesn’t slap some other pair as they float by G#
The straight people say…
D# F G#
“Huh, two women getting married, how unusual.”
And the gay people say…
D# F
“Why do you want to imitate straight culture anyway?” Dm
D# F
If they tell me that I’m brainwashed, I’ll say it’s washed alright
D# F
(With) so much warmth, I couldn’t stay cold
D# F
So much comfort, I couldn’t stay alone
D# F A# D# A# D# A#/ D#/ A#
So much love I just couldn’t say no… I couldn’t say no… I just couldn’t say no