Margaret

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'MARGARET'
SEVEN MARY THREE from the album "AMERICAN STANDARD"
Transcribed by Jason Leonard
Chords:
D A A5
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--2-- --2-- -----
--0-- --2-- --2--
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Intro: 0:00- 0:08
* Bass & drums *
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2~4--4-4----2--|2~4--4-4----2--|2~4--4-4----2--|0-0--2---------|
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Guitar enters: 0:09- 0:25
A5 D A5
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---------------|---------------|---------------|---2-0---------|
2~4--4-4-2-----|2~4--4-4-2-----|2~4--4-4-2-----|---0---2-------|
0------0-0----0|0------0-0----0|0------0-0--0-0|0------0-------|
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Verse: 0:26- 0:58
Play Rhy. Fig. 1
A5 D A5
Margaret came to me was all he said
A5 D A5
before she knew my name she was in my bed
A5 D A5
she was only sweet sixteen
A5 D A5
20,000 days younger than me
Pre-chorus: 0:59- 1:31
D A5
"Marry me" she said I don't reply
D A5
"Daddy said you better, or you'll die"
D A5
she wants a house and fifteen kids I guess she does my love
D A5
and I can't find a state we're legal in
Chorus: 1:32- 1:57
Play Rhy. Fig. 1
A5 D A5
Margaret, Margaret,
A5 D A5
Margaret, Margaret,
A5 D A5
Verse: 1:58- 2:30
Play Rhy. Fig. 1
A5 D A5
Margaret feels the world beneath her feet
A5 D A5
shaking like a leaf falls from the tree
A5 D A5
she don't care he's ten years older than me
A5 D A5
as long as they're together happily, who says they will
Pre-chorus: 2:31- 3:03
D A5
"Marry me" she said I don't reply
D A5
"Daddy said you better, or you'll die"
D A5
she wants a house and fifteen kids I guess she does my love
D A5
and I can't find a state we're legal in
Chorus: 3:04- end
Play Rhy. Fig. 1
A5 D A5
Margaret, Margaret,
A5 D A5
Margaret, Margaret,
A5 D A5
She was only, sweet sixteen
(c)1998 Seven Mary Three Music, BMI. All rights reserved.
Administered by EMI Publishing. Lyrics reprinted by permission.

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'MARGARET'
SEVEN MARY THREE from the album "AMERICAN STANDARD"
Transcribed by  Jason Leonard
Chords:
Intro:  0:00- 0:08
* Bass & drums *
Guitar enters:  0:09- 0:25
Verse:  0:26- 0:58
Play Rhy. Fig. 1
Pre-chorus:  0:59- 1:31
Chorus:  1:32- 1:57
Play Rhy. Fig. 1
A5                  D  A5
Verse:  1:58- 2:30
Play Rhy. Fig. 1
Pre-chorus:  2:31- 3:03
Chorus:  3:04- end
Play Rhy. Fig. 1
(c)1998 Seven Mary Three Music, BMI. All rights reserved. 
Administered by EMI Publishing. Lyrics reprinted by permission.

Margaret Chords by Seven Mary Three

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