Ricky Nelson, Hello Mary Lou (1961)
Key: :[A] (w: Gene Pitney, Cayet Mangiaracina)
CHORUS:
[A] Hello Mary Lou,
[D] goodbye heart,
Sweet
[A] Mary Lou, I'm so in love with
[E7] you.
I
[A] knew, Mary Lou,
[C#7] we'd never
[F#m] part,
So hel-
[B7]-lo Mary
[E7] Lou, goodbye
[A] heart
[D] [A]
VERSE 1:
[A] Past me by one sunny day,
[D] flashed those big brown eyes my way,
and
[A] ooh I knew I wanted you for ever-
[E7]-more.
Now
[A] I'm not one that gets around;
[D] swear my feet stuck to the ground,
And
[A] though I never did
[E7] need you before,
[A] [D] [A] I said
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over CHORUS]
VERSE 2:
[A] I saw your lips; I heard your voice, be-
[D]-lieve me I just had no choice;
Wild
[A] horses couldn't make me stay a-
[E7]-way.
I
[A] thought about a moon lit night, my
[D] arms around you good and tight,
That's
[A] all I had to see
[E7] for me to say,
[A] [D] [A] hey, hey
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO:
I said
[A] Hello Mary
[E] Lou, goodbye
[A] heart
[D] [A]
Yes
[A] Hello Mary
[E] Lou, goodbye
[A] heart
[D] [A] [E] [A open] 