Hal Ketchum - I Miss My Mary

      
 
 "I Miss My Mary" written and performed by Hal Ketchum
 Brought to you by Mike Schweisthal (mschweis@u.washington.edu)
 
 Chords used: G:320003 C:X32010 D:XX0232 Em:022000
 
 INTRO: G G (tacet)
 
                  C                        G    
 A threadbare alibi...a lifetime full of promise
                                                       D  
 Fell from my Mary's eyes as she saw the screen door swing
      C          G              Em             C   G  
 The baby never woke...he lay cradled in her trembling
                         C              D              G  
 He lay safe and never knowing what my leaving would bring
 
 (tacet) C G
 I draw my pay down on the docks...I send it off to Mary
                                                          D  
 I might hold back a dollar and wash this pain out of my back
          C                   G                    Em                 C G  
 But the pain keeps gettin' clearer and Mary your face just keeps on fadin'
                                    C            D                 G  
 Now the light shines through this bottle...memories all fade to black
                          C                          
 CHORUS: Well, I'll see you out on the street tonight
 G (tacet) G (tacet)
 I'm a lover of a drink, lover of a fight
       C                                  G 
 Hold my own on the dark side of this town
                C                             
 Yes, I'm tough as nails, got a heart of steel
              G                          Em 
 I will never fear, for I will never feel
 C D (tacet)
 And one more round would surely set me right
 G* C D C G
 I miss my Mary tonight
 (tacet) C G
 They call me the old man in this bar, sleeves rolled up and showin'
                                                 D  
 Faint blue souvenirs of love and places I have been
 C                G             Em                 C  G 
 One says, "U.S. Navy" and this one says, "Darling Mary"
                         C               D                G 
 Now my Mary's turned to ashes and the ocean's turned to gin
                              C                          
 2ND CHORUS: Well, I'll see you out on the street tonight
 G (tacet) G (tacet)
 I'm a lover of a drink, lover of a fight
       C                                  G 
 Hold my own on the dark side of this town
                C                             
 Yes, I'm tough as nails, got a heart of steel
              G                          Em 
 I will never fear, for I will never feel
 C D (tacet)
 And one more round would surely set me right
                       G 
 I miss my Mary tonight
 C D (tacet)
 And one more round would surely set me right
 G* C D C G
 I miss my Mary tonight
 
 *TAB TO INSTRUMENTAL AT END OF CHORUS:
 (This is basically a bass run...see further below for same run one octave
 higher)
 
 G C D C G 
    

 D -------- ------------ --0h2--2--0------------- -------
 A ----0-2- --3-3-3-3-3- ------------0h2-3-3-2-0- -------
 E --3----- ------------ ------------------------ --3---- 
 

 
 (One octave higher:)
 
 G C D C G 
    

 E -------- ------------ ------------------------ -------
 B ------0- --1-1-1-1-1- --3h5--5--3-----1-1-0--- -------
 G --0-2--- ------------ ------------2h4-------2- --0---- 
 

 
 Good luck!