Mary Chords by Patty Griffin

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_ _ [A] Mary, _ _ you're covered [Bm] in roses _ [D] _ _ You're covered in [A] ashes
_ _ _ _ You're covered in [E] rain _ _ You're _ covered [A] in babies
_ _ Covered in _ [D] slashes _ _ _ Covered in [A] _ wilderness
_ _ Covered in [E] stain _ You cast [A] aside the sheets
You cast [D] aside the shroud _ of [A] another man
_ You serve the world _ [E] proud You greet [A] another sun
_ You _ [D] lose another one _ _ On [A] some sunny day
_ And [E] always you stay, _ [A] _ _
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Jesus [F#m] _ said, Mother, I [D] couldn't stay another day [A] longer _ _ _ _
He [F#m] flies right by and leaves [D] a kiss _ upon her [A] _ _ _ _ face
While [F#m] the angels were singing his [D] praises in a blaze [A] of glory
_ _ Mary stays [B] behind and starts cleaning up the [D] _ _ place _ _
Oh, [A] _ Mary, _ _ she moves [D] behind me She leaves [A] her family _ friends _ _
Everywhere, _ [E] _ _ _ every time the [A] snow _ drifts Every way the [D] sand _ shifts
Even when [A] the night _ leaves, she's always [E] _ _ there
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_ [F#m] Jesus said, Mother, [D] I couldn't stay another [A] day longer
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_ [F#m] flies right by and [D] leaves a kiss upon her _ [A] _ _ _ _ face
While [F#m] the angels were singing his [D] praises in a blaze of [A] _ glory _ _
Mary [B] stays behind and starts cleaning up the [D] _ _ _ place _
Oh, [A] _ Mary, _ _ you're covered in [D] roses _ _ You're covered in ruins
_ _ You're covered in [E] secrets _ _ [A] _ You're covered in _ _ treetops
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[D] Covered in _ birds Who can sing a [A] million _ songs
Without any [E] words _ _ _ You [A] can't decide the sheets
You can't [D] decide the shroud of [A] another _ man
You serve the world [E] _ proud _ _ You greet [A] another sun
_ You lose [D] another one _ _ On [A] some sunny _ day _
And [E] always you _ _ _ _ _ stay _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mary _ _ _ _ _
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