I Miss My Mary Chords by Hal Ketchum

_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] A threadbare alibi, a lifetime [A] full of promise, fell from my Mary's eyes as she saw the screen [E] door swing.
The [A] baby never woke, [F#m] he lay cradled in her [A] trembling.
_ He lay safe and never knowing [E] what my leaving [A] would bring.
I draw my pay down [D] on the dollar sign, I send [A] it off to Mary.
I might hold back a dollar and wash this pain out of my back.
_ But the pain keeps getting clearer, and Mary, your face just keeps on fading.
_ Now the light shines [D] through this bottle, memories [A] all fade to black.
[D] Well I see you out on the street [A] tonight, I'm a lover of a drink, a [C#m] lover of a [D] fight.
Hold my own on the dark side [A] of this town.
[D] Yes I'm tough as nails, got a heart of [A] steel, I will never fear, for I will [F#m] never feel.
_ [D] One more round would surely set [E] me right, I miss my [A] Mary tonight.
They [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] call me the old [D] man in this bar, sleeves [A] rolled up and showered, faint blue souvenirs
of love and [E] places I have been.
_ [D] One [A] says U.S. Navy, and this one says darling Mary.
_ My [D] Mary's turned to ashes, and the [A] ocean's turned to gin.
[D] Well I see you out on the street tonight, [A] I'm a lover of a drink, a lover of a [D] fight.
Hold my own on the dark side [A] of this town.
[D] Yes I'm tough as nails, got a heart [A] of steel, I will never fear, for I will [F#m] never feel.
[D] Oh and one more round would surely [E] set me right, I miss my [A] Mary tonight.
_ [D] Yeah one more round would surely set [E] me right, I miss my Mary [A] tonight.
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