Chords for Hal Ketchum - I Miss My Mary

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I was touring with Jerry Jeff Walker in a twin-engine Navajo airplane. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ The pilot was Captain Lane Bybee, whose motto was,
eight hours from the bottle to the throttle. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And I was staying, I was traveling up in the [Em] Redwood country,
_ _ and I met this guy, _ _ _ Chief was his name, and he was in the Navy. _ _ _
_ And he was _ lamenting, _ _ _ walking out on his Mary, _ _ _ _ years before.
_ _ And I was _ singing Wimberley at the time. _ _ _
_ And _ _ I got back home, and I couldn't write this song fast enough.
This is called, I Miss My Mary.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ Here's the song. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ A _ threadbare [D] alibi, _ _ _ _ _ lifetime [A] full of promise,
_ fell from my Mary's eyes, as she saw the screen [E] door swing. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ Baby [A] never woke, _ he lay [F#] _
cradled [F#m] in [D] her [A] trembling. _ _
_ _ _ _ He lay safe, but never [D] knowing, _ [E] what my leaving _ [A] would bring. _
[D] _ [A] _ _ I'd draw my [E] pay down [D] on the docks, _ _ _ send it off [A] to Mary. _ _
I might hold back a dollar, and wash this pain out of [E] my back.
_ The _ _ _ _
[D] pain keeps getting [A] clearer, and Mary, [F#] your face just [C#m] keeps [D] on fading.
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Now the light shines through this [D]
bottle, _ [E] memories all fade [A] to black. _ _ _ _
Will I [D] see you out on the street [A] tonight?
I'm a lover of a drink, a lover [D] of a fight.
Hold my own on the dark side [A] of this town.
_ Yes, _ _ [D] I'm tough as nails, got a heart of steel.
[A]
I will never fear, for I will [F#m] never feel. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] One more round will surely set [E] me right.
I'm missing my Mary _ [A] tonight. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _
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_ They call me the [B] old man [D] in this bar.
_ _ _ Sleeves rolled [A] up and showing, _ _ _ faint blue _ souvenirs of love.
_ Places [D] I [E] haven't been.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] This one says U [A].S. Navy, _ and [F#] this one says [F#m] darling [D] _ [A] Mary.
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My Mary's turned [D] to ashes, and [E] the ocean's turned [A] to gin.
_ _ _ _ _ Will [D] I see you out on the street [A] tonight?
I'm a lover of a drink, a [D] lover of a fight.
Hold my own on the dark side of [A] this _ town.
_ _ _ _ Yes, [D] I'm tough as nails, got a heart of steel.
I [A] will never fear, for I will [G#] never [F#]
feel.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] One more round will surely set [A] me [E] right.
I'm missing my _ Mary [A] tonight. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] One more round will surely set [E] me right.
I'm missing my Mary _ [A] _
tonight. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ Lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo.
_ _ [E] _ Lo, [A] lo, lo, [E] lo, lo, lo, lo, [A] lo, lo, _ lo.
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