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Mary

Pete Townshend
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
RIFF 4 TIMES
I need you
{section: Riff riff}
When I look at the home and your coat, I have to love you more
{section: Riff 1}
RIFF 1 RIFF 1
Though I know that the sun don't shine down on every man
{section: Riff 1}
But when a woman left my brother down
(harmonics) RIFF 2 FOUR TIMES
Mmmm, lay me one Mary
RIFF 2 RIFF 2 RIFF 2
Oh Mary, yeah!
When I look at the home and your coat, I have to love you more
I remember when I was a child, my brother slept on the floor, mmm
Though I know that the sun don't shine down on every man
But when women put my brother down
{section: Riff 1}
RIFF 2:
B -4-4-------------------------0- -2/4-4\2-2/7-7\4----|
G -4-4-----2-----0-----0-----0--- -2/4-4\2-2/7-7\4----|
D -4-4---2-----0-----0-----0----- -2/4-4\2-2/7-7\4----|
A -2-2-0------------------------- -0/2-2\0-0/5-5\2----|
E -2-2-------3-----2-----0------- --------------------|{eot}

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Arrangement source for Mary by Pete Townshend

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
 [E]  [Esus4]  [E5]  [Esus4]

 [E]  [Esus4]  [E5]      [Esus4]
M[A]ary,    yo[A7sus2]u are everything a man could want
A[A]nd I [A7sus2]want you, M[E]ar[Eadd]y   [F#]      [Eadd]          [G#]             [Eadd]                 [F#]

 [E]       [Bm]     [E]         [Esus4]
D[A]id you kno[A7sus2]w, when you pushed me once away from you
A[A]nd a lo[A7sus2]ve grew inside of [E]me [Eadd]     [F#]         [Eadd]             [G#]                 [Eadd]                     [F#]

P[F#m]eople are dancing for you now, but I can't see wh[E]y   [Emaj7]           [E6]

C[F#m]an't they see that they can't beat not[B]hing I hav[B7]e for you

M[E]ary[Eadd],   [F#]   [Eadd]    [G#]you are e[Eadd]very[F#]thing a m[A]an could n[A7sus2]eed
H[A]ow I ne[A7sus2]ed you M[E]ary,[Eadd] yea[F#]h  [Eadd]      [G#]
          RIFF 4 TIMES
I need you

{section: Riff                                  riff}
When I look at the home and your coat,  I have to love you more
{section: Riff 1}
I[E] remember [Esus4]when I was a ch[E]ild an[E7]d my brother slept on the floor
RIFF 1                                  RIFF 1
Though I know that the sun don't shine down on every man
{section: Riff 1}
But when a woman left my brother down

I[E] swore one day I'[Esus4]d lay  [E5]    [Esus4]   me one Ma[B]ry
  (harmonics)          RIFF 2 FOUR TIMES
Mmmm, lay me one Mary

RIFF 2      RIFF 2     RIFF 2
         Oh Mary, yeah!

When I look at the home and your coat, I have to love you more
I remember when I was a child, my brother slept on the floor, mmm
Though I know that the sun don't shine down on every man
But when women put my brother down

I[E] swore one day I'd [Esus4]lay,  s[E5]wore I'd l[Esus4]ay me Mar[B]y    [A]         [B]

{section: Riff 1}
RIFF 2:

{sot} [B]  [B]                               [A]  [B]  [B]  [A]  [A]  [D]  [D]  [B]
E -------------------------------  --------------------|
B -4-4-------------------------0-  -2/4-4\2-2/7-7\4----|
G -4-4-----2-----0-----0-----0---  -2/4-4\2-2/7-7\4----|
D -4-4---2-----0-----0-----0-----  -2/4-4\2-2/7-7\4----|
A -2-2-0-------------------------  -0/2-2\0-0/5-5\2----|
E -2-2-------3-----2-----0-------  --------------------|{eot}

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