BRINGING MARY HOME
(singing note B)
| [C] [C]
I was [G7]driving down a lonely road,
On a [F]dark and stormy [C]night [C]
When a [G7]little girl by the roadside,
showed [F]UP IN MY HEAD-[G7]LIGHTS [G7]
I [C]STOPPED, AND SHE GOT IN BACK,
AND IN A SHAKEY [G7]TONE,
SHE [F/C]SAID, "MY NAME IS [D7]MARY,
PLEASE [G7]WON'T YOU TAKE ME [C]HOME [C]
SHE [G7]MUST HAVE BEEN SO FRIGHTENED,
ALL A-[F]LONE THERE IN THE [C]NIGHT [C]
THERE WAS [G7]SOMETHING STRANGE ABOUT HER,
HER [F]FACE WAS DEATHLY [G7]WHITE [G7]
SHE [C]SAT SO PALE AND SILENT,
IN THE BACK SEAT ALL A-[G7]LONE [G7]
I [F/C]NEVER WILL FOR-[D7]GET THE NIGHT,
[G7]I TOOK MARY [C]HOME [C]
I [G7]PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY,
WHERE [F]SHE TOLD ME TO [C]GO [C]
GOT [G7]OUT TO HELP HER FROM THE CAR,
AND [F]OPENED UP THE [G7]DOOR [G7]
I [C]JUST COULD NOT BELIEVE MY EYES
THE BACK SEAT WAS [G7]BARE [G7]
I [F/C]LOOKED ALL A-[D7]ROUND THE CAR,
BUT [G7]MARY WASN'T [C]THERE [C]
| [F/C] [D7] [G7] [C] [C]
A [G7]LIGHT SHONE FROM THE PORCH,
A LADY [F]OPENED UP THE [C]DOOR [C]
I [G7]ASKED ABOUT THE LITTLE GIRL,
THAT [F]I WAS LOOKING [G7]FOR [G7]
THE [C]LADY GENTLY SMILED AT ME,
AND BRUSHED A TEAR A-[G7]WAY [G7]
SHE [F/C]SAID, "IT SURE WAS [D7]NICE OF YOU
TO [G7]GO OUT OF YOUR [C]WAY [C]
"BUT [G7]THIRTEEN YEARS AGO TONIGHT,
IN A [F]WRECK JUST DOWN THE [C]ROAD [C]
OUR [G7]DARLING MARY LOST HER LIFE,
[F]AND WE MISS HER [G7]SO [G7]
[C]THANK YOU FOR YOUR TROUBLE
AND THE KINDNESS YOU HAVE [G7]SHOWN [G7]
YOU'RE THE [F/C]THIRTEENTH ONE [D7]THAT'S BEEN HERE
[G7]BRINGING MARY [C](tremolo) HOME”
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