Hal Ketchum - I Miss My Mary

      
 
 Original Key
 
 INTRO - A
 
 VERSE 1:
                   Dadd9 
 A threadbare alibi,
                     A     
 A lifetime full of promise
 
 Fell from my Mary's eyes
                                 E   
 As she watched the screen door swing
     Dadd9       A   
 The baby never woke,
         F#m           Dadd9  A 
 He lay cradled in her trembling
                    Dadd9 
 He lay safe never knowing
          E             A   
 What my leaving would bring
 
 VERSE 2:
                          Dadd9 
 I draw my pay down on the docks
                 A  
 Send it off to Mary
 
 Might hold back a dollar
                               E  
 And wash this pain out of my back
        Dadd9                A     
 But the pain keeps gettin' clearer
               F#m               Dadd9  A 
 And Mary your face just keeps on fading
                                    D    
 Now the light shines through this bottle
      E               A    
 Memories all fade to black
 
 CHORUS:
          Dadd9                              
 Well I'll see you out on the streets tonight
 A. A.
 I'm a lover of a drink, lover of a fight
   Dadd9                              A   
 Hold my own on the dark side of this town
        Dadd9                                
 Yes I'm tough as nails, got a heart of steel
         A                            F#m  
 I will never fear 'cause I will never feel
    Dadd9                             E     
 And one more round will surely set me right
                    A  
 I miss my Mary tonight
 
 INTERLUDE:
 Dadd9 - E - A 
      
 
 VERSE 3:
                               Dadd9 
 The call me the old man in this bar
                        A     
 Sleeves rolled up and showin'
                                                 E  
 Faint blue souvenirs of love and places I have been
   Dadd9    A      
 One says "US Navy"
          F#m            Dadd9  A 
 And this one says "Darling Mary"
                      D   
 My Mary's turned to ashes
          E                A  
 And the ocean's turned to gin
 
 CHORUS:
          Dadd9                              
 Well I'll see you out on the streets tonight
 A. A.
 I'm a lover of a drink, lover of a fight
   Dadd9                              A   
 Hold my own on the dark side of this town
        Dadd9                                
 Yes I'm tough as nails, got a heart of steel
         A                            F#m  
 I will never fear 'cause I will never feel
    Dadd9                             E     
 And one more round will surely set me right
                    A  
 I miss my Mary tonight
 
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