{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":87930,"song":"Marie","artist":"Townes Van Zandt","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11550645-marie-chords-by-townes-van-zandt/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/87930?type=chord","rating":4.95299,"votes":91,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI stood in line and I left my name[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ntook about six hours or so[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, the man just grinned like it was all a game[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nsaid they'd let me know[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI put in my time till the Pocono line[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nshut down two years ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI was staying at the mission till I met Marie[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nnow I can't stay there no more[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]      \r\nFella 'cross town said he's lookin' for a man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nto move some old cars around[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nmaybe me and Marie could find a burned-out van[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand do a little settlin' down[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAw, but I'm just dreamin', I ain't got no ride[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nand the junkyard's a pretty good ways[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthat job's about a half week old besides[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nit'd be gone now anyway[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUnemployment said I got no more checks[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand they showed me to the hall[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nmy brother died in Georgia some time ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI got no one left to call[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSummer wasn't bad below the bridge[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\na little short on food that's all[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow I gotta get Marie some kind of coat[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwe're headed down into fall[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI used to play the mouth harp pretty good[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nhustled up a little dough[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nbut I got drunk and I woke up rolled[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\na couple of months ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nthey got my harp and they got my dollar[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nthem low life so and so's[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nharps cost money and I ain't got it[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nit's my own fault I suppose[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe Pocono's down but the Chesapeak's runnin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ntwo freights everyday[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nif it was just me I'd be headed south[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nbut Marie can't catch no train[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShe's got some pain and she thinks it's a baby,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nsays we gotta wait and see[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nin my heart I know it's a little boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nhope he don't end up like me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, the man's still grinnin' says he lost my file[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI gotta stand in line again[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI want to kill him but I just say no[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI had enough of that line my friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI head back to the bridge, its getting kinda cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI'm feelin' too low down to lie[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI guess I'll just tell Marie the truth[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nhope she don't break down and cry[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMarie she didn't wake up this morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nshe didn't even try[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nshe just rolled over and went to heaven[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nmy little boy safe inside[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI laid them in the sun where somebody'd find them[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\ncaught a Chesapeak on the fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMarie will know I'm headed south[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nso's to meet me by and by[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]     \r\nMarie will know I'm headed south[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nso's to meet me by and by[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]","chords":["Am","G","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}