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Version 1C F She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee Her dress has got a tear She waltzes on her way to mass And whistles on the stair And underneath her wimple She has curlers in her hair I've even heard her singing in the abbey / C FC G G7 / FC AmC G7 - / : / Am Am7 Am6 F7 / C F Dm7 - / / C - Am7 - D7 G7 Dm7 G7 / She's always late for chapel But her penitence is real She's always late for everything Except for every meal I hate to have to say it But I very firmly feel Maria's not an asset to the abbey ... / C - Am7 - Dm6 E Dm E7 / I'd like to say a word in her behalf Maria makes me laugh / Am7 D9 G - / Am7 D7 G - - - / {Refrain} How do you solve a problem like Maria How do you catch a cloud and pin it down How do you find a word that means Maria A flibbertigibbet, a will-o'-the-wisp, a clown Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her Many a thing she ought to understand But how do you make her stay And listen to all you say How do you keep a wave upon the sand Oh how do you solve a problem like Maria How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand / C - G7 - / C - G - / C - F - / D7 Fm Em G7 / / C - G7 - / C - Dm7 E7 / Cm - / G7 - / Cm - G7 - / / C - F Dm7 / C - Dm7 G7 C - - - / 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 / n.c. / She'd outpester any pest Drive a hornet from its nest She can throw a whirling dervish out of whirl She is gentle, she is wild She's a riddle, she's a child She's a headache She's an angel She's a girl / FC7 FC7 / / FC7 FC7 FC7 F / CG7 CG7 / / G / D7 / Dm7 - / {Refrain}