Chords for TOWNES VAN ZANDT - "Marie" on Solo Sessions, January 17, 1995

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TOWNES VAN ZANDT - "Marie" on Solo Sessions, January 17, 1995 chords
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Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Townes Van Zandt.
I've had the privilege to live in Austin.
I'm from Fort Worth.
I live in Tennessee now.
I've lived here a long time, and it's a pleasure to be back.
I have a new record called No Deeper Blue, and I'll play some songs off of it.
The first one's a song called Marie.
It's about the homeless of the land.
[Bm] Well, I stood in line, I left [B] my name, took about six hours [Bm] or so.
Man just grinned like it was all a [F#m] game, said they'd let me know.
[Bm] [B]
Put in [Em] my time till the Pocono line [D] shut down two years [Em] ago.
[Bm] I was living at the Mission till I met Marie, and I can't stay there no more.
I went across town city looking for a man, [B] moved some old cars around.
[Bm] Maybe me and Marie could find a burned out man, do a little settling [Bm] down.
[E] I'm just dreaming [Em] I ain't got no ride, [D] and the junkyard's a pretty good [Em] waste.
[Bm]
My job's about a half week old, besides, [A] it's begun now anyway.
[Bm]
[B]
[Bm] Unemployment says I got no more checks, and they [A] showed me to the hall.
[Bm] My brother died in Georgia some [F#] time ago, I got no one left to call.
[Bm] Well, [Em] summer wasn't bad below the bridge, a little [D] short on food, that's all.
[Em] [Bm] I gotta give Marie some kind of coat, we're headed down into fall.
[F#]
[Bm] I used to play the math harp pretty good, I used [A] to hustle up a little dough.
[B] I got drunk and I woke up rolled a [A] couple of months ago.
[Bm] Well, they [E] got my harp and they got my dollar, [D] and my little life's so and so's.
[Em] [Em] [Bm] Harps cost money and I ain't got it, it's my own fault I suppose.
[F#] Well,
[Bm] the polka-no's down, but the Chesapeake's running, [B] two freights every day.
[Bm] It's just me, I'd be headed south, but [A] Marie can't catch no [Bm] train.
She has some [Em] pain and she thinks it's a baby, says we gotta wait and see.
[Bm] From my heart I know, it's a little boy, [F#] or we don't end up like [Bm] me.
[B] [F#m]
[A] [B] [Bm] Well, the man's still grinning, said he lost my file, [A] I gotta stand in line [Bm] again.
I wanna kill him, [B] but I just say no, I've had enough of that lying, my friend.
[Em] I head back to the bridge, it's getting kind of cold, [D] I'm feeling too low down [Em] to lie.
[Bm] I guess I'll just tell Marie the truth, [A] hope she don't break down and [Bm] cry.
Well, [F#] [A]
[Bm] Marie, she didn't wake up this morning, [A] she didn't even [Bm] try.
She just rolled over and went to heaven, [A] my little boy deep [Bm] inside.
[E] I laid him in the sun where somebody'd find him, caught a Chesapeake on the [Em] fly.
[Bm] Marie'll know I'm headed south, [A] so she'll meet me by and [Bm] by.
Marie'll know [F#] I'm headed south, [A] so she'll meet me by and [Bm] by.
[B]
Well, I have three little buys, one for a full-grown woman, one for money, and one for love.
This is the one for love.
[N]
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Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Townes Van Zandt.
I've had the privilege to live in Austin.
I'm from Fort Worth.
I live in Tennessee now.
_ _ I've lived here a long time, and it's a pleasure to be back.
I have a new record called No Deeper Blue, and I'll play some songs off of it.
The first one's a song called Marie.
It's about the homeless of the land. _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ Well, I stood in line, I left [B] my name, took about six hours [Bm] or so.
_ _ Man just grinned like it was all a [F#m] game, said they'd let me know.
[Bm] _ _ _ [B]
Put in [Em] my time till the Pocono line [D] shut down two years [Em] ago. _
_ [Bm] I was living at the Mission till I met Marie, and I can't stay there no more.
_ _ _ I went across town city looking for a man, [B] moved some old cars around.
_ [Bm] _ Maybe me and Marie could find a burned out man, do a little settling [Bm] down. _ _
[E] I'm just dreaming [Em] I ain't got no ride, [D] and the junkyard's a pretty good [Em] waste. _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
My job's about a half week old, besides, [A] it's begun now anyway.
[Bm] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ Unemployment says I got no more checks, and they [A] showed me to the hall.
[Bm] _ _ My brother died in Georgia some [F#] time ago, I got no one left to call.
_ [Bm] _ Well, [Em] summer wasn't bad below the bridge, a little [D] short on food, that's all. _
[Em] _ _ [Bm] I gotta give Marie some kind of coat, we're headed down into fall.
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[Bm] I used to play the math harp pretty good, I used [A] to hustle up a little dough.
[B] _ I got drunk and I woke up rolled a [A] couple of months ago.
[Bm] _ _ Well, they [E] got my harp and they got my dollar, [D] and my little life's so and so's.
[Em] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] Harps cost money and I ain't got it, it's my own fault I suppose.
[F#] Well, _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ the polka-no's down, but the Chesapeake's running, [B] two freights every day.
[Bm] _ It's just me, I'd be headed south, but [A] Marie can't catch no [Bm] train.
She has some [Em] pain and she thinks it's a baby, says we gotta wait and see.
_ [Bm] From my heart I know, it's a little boy, [F#] or we don't end up like [Bm] me.
_ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _ Well, the man's still grinning, said he lost my file, [A] I gotta stand in line [Bm] again.
_ I wanna kill him, [B] but I just say no, I've had enough of that lying, my friend. _ _
[Em] I head back to the bridge, it's getting kind of cold, [D] I'm feeling too low down [Em] to lie. _
_ [Bm] I guess I'll just tell Marie the truth, [A] hope she don't break down and [Bm] cry.
Well, [F#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ Marie, she didn't wake up this morning, [A] she didn't even [Bm] try.
She just rolled over and went to heaven, [A] my little boy deep [Bm] inside.
_ _ _ [E] I laid him in the sun where somebody'd find him, caught a Chesapeake on the [Em] fly. _ _
[Bm] Marie'll know I'm headed south, [A] so she'll meet me by and [Bm] by. _
Marie'll know [F#] I'm headed south, [A] so she'll meet me by and [Bm] by. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ Well, I have three little buys, one for a full-grown woman, one for money, and one for love.
This is the one for love.
[N] _

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