a balladeer - Mary Had A Secret

      [Verse 1]
G                 Am
We met at redhead Mary's house
D           G
on a Bible study night
G         Am
I heard she was a rebel once
D               G
until she saw the light
G                         Am
Then in the backseat of a crowed car
D                G
after weeks of holding hands
G                Am
She was slipping me the tongue
D                  G
among her Christian friends


[Chorus]
Em7                  Cadd9
We could chuckle and talk for hours
G                        G   D F#
And then one night over the phone
Em7                      Cadd9
she went and told me her best friend's secret
G                        G   D F#
after she had lowered her tone
Em7                  Cadd9
It was all about forgiving, all about forgiving,
G                           G   D F#
all about forgiving and so
Am                     D
She thought that God would   want me to know


G Am D G   x2


[Verse 2]
G                     Am
her older sisters had both moved out
        D          G
and her parents were divorced
G                     Am
her mother lived in a trailer park
     D               G
not big, but she had a porch
 G                 Am
and on top of the piano
D                    G
laid a cat with evil paws
G                   Am
her father he was a proud Nam vet
  D                G
I think she hardly saw


[Chorus]
Em7                  Cadd9
We could chuckle and talk for hours
G                        G   D F#
And then one night over the phone
Em7                      Cadd9
she went and told me her best friend's secret
G                        G   D F#
after she had lowered her tone
Em7                  Cadd9
It was all about forgiving, all about forgiving,
G                           G   D F#
all about forgiving and so
Am                     D
She thought that God would   want me to know


G Am D G x2
Em7 Cadd9 G   G D F#   x2


[Chorus]
Em7                  Cadd9
We could chuckle and talk for hours
G                        G   D F#
And then one night over the phone
Em7                      Cadd9
she went and told me her best friend's secret
G                        G   D F#
after she had lowered her tone
Em7                  Cadd9
It was all about forgiving, all about forgiving,
G                           G   D F#
all about forgiving and so
Am                     D
She thought that God would   want me to know


Em7                  Cadd9
All about forgiving, all about forgiving,
G                          G   D F#
all about forgiving and so
Em7                  Cadd9
All about forgiving, all about forgiving,
G                          G   D F#
all about forgiving and so
Am                         D
She thought that God would   want me to know


[Verse 3]
G                       Am
The old piano she could play so nice
    D               G
she had later sadly sold
G                     Am
The money was invested in
D                      G
the church her husband owned
G                    Am
She had a kid when I looked her up
    D              G
and another on the way
 G                   Am
And when we waved our last goodbye
    D                   G
she said that she would pray