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Mary

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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[Main Riff]
e|--------------------------------------|
B|-3h5-3----------------3h5-3-----------|
G|-------2-0-2-2-0------------ 2-0-0----|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
[Intro]
G  C  G  C  G  D  C  G
CAnd when those thoughts won't come
GI know that the shakes will
CAnd I've got no gun to my weary head
GHell I couldn't even hold the barrel still
CEverybody loves a catch 22
GDamned if you don't, son damned if you do
DOutside it's another Cday that I gotta make it Gthru
Well I know that I said that it'd be all right
Yeah, it's just going to take a little while
I'm tryin to wait with the patience of Job
It's like busting down a prison using a broken file
To each his own, and so on
Think each of us might yeah we might own the wrong one
Yeah there might have been some constant cryin'
I's just trying to have some fun
[Chorus]
GMary, save me 'cause I'm Csinkin'
CWon't you please throw me a Gline
GMary, save me cause I'm Csinkin'
DMary, I'm Crunnin' out of Gtime
They say hope springs eternal
Well I say eternity it springs up hope
It can overload my fevered mind
Then it's gonna go looking for some ways to cope
So I've found the bottle or it found me
Tried to turn my future into history
Can anybody hear, can anybody see
Chorus
Chorus

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Mary

by Jason Boland & The Stragglers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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[Main Riff]

e|--------------------------------------|

B|-3h5-3----------------3h5-3-----------|

G|-------2-0-2-2-0------------ 2-0-0----|

D|--------------------------------------|

A|--------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------|

[Intro]

G C G C G D C G

And when those thoughts won't come

I know that the shakes will

And I've got no gun to my weary head

Hell I couldn't even hold the barrel still

Everybody loves a catch 22

Damned if you don't, son damned if you do

D C G

Outside it's another day that I gotta make it thru

Well I know that I said that it'd be all right

Yeah, it's just going to take a little while

I'm tryin to wait with the patience of Job

It's like busting down a prison using a broken file

To each his own, and so on

Think each of us might yeah we might own the wrong one

Yeah there might have been some constant cryin'

I's just trying to have some fun

[Chorus]

G C

Mary, save me 'cause I'm sinkin'

C G

Won't you please throw me a line

G C

Mary, save me cause I'm sinkin'

D C G

Mary, I'm runnin' out of time

They say hope springs eternal

Well I say eternity it springs up hope

It can overload my fevered mind

Then it's gonna go looking for some ways to cope

So I've found the bottle or it found me

Tried to turn my future into history

Can anybody hear, can anybody see

Chorus

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