Take a message to Mary Chords by The Everly Brothers

[E] _ These are the words of a _ frontier [G#m] lad
Who lost his love when he turned black
[A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Take a message to Mary
_ [B] But don't tell [E] her [B] where [E] I am
_ _ _ Take a message to Mary
[G#m] But [B] don't say I'm in [E] a jam
_ [C#m] You can tell her I [G#m] had to see the world
[C#m] Or tell [F#] her that my ship [B] set sail
[E] You can say [G#m] she better [A] not [E] wait for [C#m] me
But don't tell [B] her [C#m] I'm in jail
[E] Oh, don't tell her I'm in jail
_ Take a message to Mary
But [B] don't [E] tell her what I've done
_ Please don't mention the stagecoach
[G#m] And the shot from a [E] careless gun
[C#m] You can tell her I [G#m] had to change my plans
[C#m] And cancel [F#] out the wedding [B] _
day
[E] But please don't mention [A] my lonely [E] cell
[C#m] Where I'm gonna pile away
_ [E] Until my dying day
_ _ Take a message to Mary
_ [B] But don't tell her all [E] you know
_ My heart's aching for Mary
[B] Lord knows I miss [E] her so
_ [C#m] Just tell her I went [G#m] to Timbuktu
_ [C#m] Tell her [F#] I'm searching [B] for gold
You [E] can [G#m] say she'd better [A] find someone [E] new
[C#m] To cherish [B] and [C#m] to hold
Oh [E] Lord, this cell is cold
_ _ _ _ Mary, _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ Mary _
_ _ [E] Oh Lord, [G#m] this [B] cell [E] is cold _ _
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