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 [C#m] covered [A] in babies
_ _ You're covered in [D] slashes _ You're covered [A] in wilderness
_ You're 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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_ [F#m] Jesus said, Mother, I [D] couldn't stay another [A] day 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 _ _
[A] Oh, _ Mary, _ _ she moves [D] behind me She leaves [A] her fingerprints _ _ _ _ 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 [D] his praises in a blaze of [A] _ glory _ _
Mary [B] stays behind and starts cleaning up the [D] _ _ _ place _ _
[A] Oh, Mary, _ _ you're covered in [D] roses _ _ You're covered in ruins
_ _ You're covered in [E] secrets _ _ [A] _ You're covered in _ _ treetops
[F#m] You're [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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