Crazy Mary

(Am)She lived on the curve of the road,

(F)in an old, tar-paper shack

(Am)On the south side of the town, on the (F)wrong side of the tracks

(C)Sometimes on (G)the way into town we'd say:

(F)'Mama, can we stop and give her a ride?'

(Am)Sometimes we (G)did, but (F)her hands flew from her side

Wild eyed, (G)crazy (Am)Mary (F)

(Am) (F)

(Am)Down a long dirty road, (F)past the Parson's place

(Am)That old blue car (F)we used to race

(C)Little (G)country store with (F)a sign tacked to the side

Said 'No(Am) L-O-I-T-E-R-I-N-G Allowed'(F)

(Am)Underneath that sign always congregated (F) quite a crowd

(Am)Take a bottle, (G)drink it down, (F)pass it around (G)

(Am)Take a bottle, (G)drink it down, (F)pass it around (G)

(Am)Take a bottle, (G)drink it down, (F)pass it around (G)

(Asus2)

(Asus2)One night thunder cracked, mercy backed outside her windowsill

(Dsus2)Dreamed I was flying high above the trees, over the hills

(Asus2)Looked down into the house of Mary

(E)Terrible thoughts, (Dsus2)newspaper-covered walls,

(Asus2)and Mary rising above it all

(Asus2)Ohhh (Dsus2)Ohhh

(Asus2)Ohhh (Dsus2)Ohhh

(Asus2)Ohhh (Asus2)Ohhh

(G)Ohhh (F#m)Ohhh (F)Ohhh (E)Ohhh

(Am)Next morning on the way into town

(F)Saw some skid marks and followed them around

(Am)Over the curve, (F)through the fields, into the house of (Am) Mary

That what (G) you fear the most, (F)could meet you halfway

That what (G) you fear the most, (F)could meet you halfway

(Am)Take a bottle, (G)drink it down, (F)pass it around (G)

(Am)Take a bottle, (G)drink it down, (F)pass it around (G)

(Am)Take a bottle, (G)drink it down, (F)pass it around (G)

(Am) (F) - repeat many times