For The Sake Of Mary Chords by Richard Thompson

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[Dm] For the secondary, [D] I'll keep the rest.
[Fm] Junk and juice, I drank off each day.
[Dm] Straightened my teeth, bent my back.
[Fm] Had my friends dead from the [G] old bad [Dm] back.
Mary, [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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you bought me this [Dm] sick suit of watch and chain.
You put the rhythm of my [F] stride again.
You [D] showed me the way to make her feel good.
[Dm] If I could do more than I surely would.
[D] Mary, _ _ _ _ _ I'm Mary.
_ _ _ _ For the [G] secondary, _ I played my hand.
She [D] still don't trust me to be around. _
[G] I said the right thing when my time was bad.
[A] She thinks I'm like the rest, but I'm the best.
She's ever [G] had.
_ _ _ _ For the [Dm] sake of Mary, _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ [B] [F] for the sake of [C] [Dm] Mary.
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_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ [Bm] _ [F] _ Though I [Dm] was toothless, cross under, belt-crossed feet.
[F] It's when she sailed, she sailed without me.
[Dm] In little pieces, I got my last tattoo.
[F] In bleeding letters, in red and blue.
[D] Mary, _ _ _ _ _ I'm Mary.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] For the [G] sake of Mary, changed my dress.
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I got a good job on the bed that she [G] set.
A hard time, a crazy little place.
[A] I wanna see the tears of joy on her face.
Oh, [G] _ _ _ for the sake of Mary.
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_ [D] _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Dm] _ For the [G] sake of Mary.
For the sake of Mary, she's a flame.
[D] I don't wanna be a villain again.
She [G] had a bad time, then she sure hurt her back.
[A] I don't wanna take the easy way out, no, [G] no.
_ _ _ _ For the [Dm] sake of [C] [D] Mary.
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ For the sake of Mary.
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[Abm] _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ For the sake [D] of Mary.
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