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Mary Skeffington

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MARY SKEFFINGTON         (Gerry Rafferty)  G   C   D   D7  Gm  
1.
 GMary Skeffington, cClose your eyGes
And mDake believe that D7you are just a girl agGain
 GGo to sleep tonight, Cdream of dGays
 When yDou had something tD7here to light the Gway
Bridge
 GmRemember a hColiday in a noGrth-of-England tCown
 GmYou slept in a rCoom upstairs on a bGed of eideDrdown
2.
 Mary Skeffington, when you wake
 You mustn't be afraid to face another day
 Think of what you have, you'll get by
 You've always been a lady, so hold your head up high
Bridge
 Look back on a home where you spent the best years of your life
 Remember the man who asked you if you would be his wife
Repeat 1st verse

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Mary Skeffington

by Gerry Rafferty

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Chords in this song · guitar

G C D D7 Gm

MARY SKEFFINGTON (Gerry Rafferty)

G C G

Mary Skeffington, close your eyes

D D7 G

And make believe that you are just a girl again

G C G

Go to sleep tonight, dream of days

D D7 G

When you had something there to light the way

Bridge

Gm C G C

Remember a holiday in a north-of-England town

Gm C G D

You slept in a room upstairs on a bed of eiderdown

Mary Skeffington, when you wake

You mustn't be afraid to face another day

Think of what you have, you'll get by

You've always been a lady, so hold your head up high

Bridge

Look back on a home where you spent the best years of your life

Remember the man who asked you if you would be his wife

Repeat 1st verse

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