F/C x3321x Dm xx0231 F/C x3321x Bbsus x1334x C7 x3231x C7 x3231x F 133211 Bb x1333x Dm xx0231 Gm7 353333 C7 x32310 Fsus xx331x Bbm7 x13121 Am/C x3221x F x3321x Gm7 353333 Bb x13331 Gm7 353333 C x3555x G 320033 C7 x32310 Bbm7 x13121 Gm 355333 Fm/C x3311x Fm 133111 Csus4 x33013 
F/CC7F/CC7 She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee, her dress has got a tear
F/CC7F/CC7 She waltzes on her way to mass and whistles on the stair
DmBbm7 And underneath her wimple, she has curlers in her hair
F/CDmGm7 C I even heard her singing in the ab--bey
F/CC7F/CC7 She's always late for chapel, but her penitence is real
F/CC7F/CC7 She's always late for everything, except for every meal
DmBbm7 I hate to have to say it, but I very firmly feel
F/CDmGm7 C Maria's not an asset to the ab--bey
DmC7 I'd like to say a word in her behalf
DmGm7C7 Maria makes me laugh
F/CFC7 How do you solve a problem like Maria?
F/CFC7 How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
FAm/CBb How do you find the word that means Maria?
GBbm7C7 A flibbertijibbet, a will-o'-the wisp, a clown
F/CFC7 Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her
F/CFGm Many a thing she ought to understand
Fm/CC7 But how do you make her stay and listen to all you say?
FmC7 How do you keep a wave upon the sand?
F/CFGm Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria?
FCsus4C7F How do you hold a moonbeam, in your hand?
BbsusBbBbsusBb She'd out pester any pest, drive a hornet from its nest
BbsusBbBbsusBb She could throw a whirling dervish out of whirl
FsusFFsusF She is gentle, she is wild, she's a riddle, she's a child
Gm7Gm7C7 She's a headache, she's an angel, she's a girl
F/CFC7 How do you solve a problem like Maria?
F/CFC7 How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
FAm/CBb How do you find the word that means Maria?
GBbm7C7 A flibbertijibbet, a will-o'-the wisp, a clown
F/CFC7 Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her
F/CFGm Many a thing she ought to understand
Fm/CC7 But how do you make her stay and listen to all you say?
FmC7 How do you keep a wave upon the sand?
F/CFGm Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria?
FCsus4C7F