Blasters, Marie, Marie (1980)
Key: :[G#] (w: Dave Alvin) (Shakin' Stevens, 1980, Key: A)
INTRO: [D# open]
VERSE 1:
Marie, Ma-
[G#]-rie, playing guitar
on the back porch, I sit in my
[D#] car
While she
[C#] sings so
[D#] sad
Marie, Mar-
[G#]-ie
VERSE 2:
Marie, Ma-
[G#]-rie, it's so lonely
in these farmlands, please come with
[D#] me
To the
[C#] bright lights down-
[D#]-town
Marie, Ma-
[G#]-rie
BRIDGE:
I said,
[D#] "Hey, pretty girl
Don't you understand
I just want to be your lovin' man"
VERSE 3:
Marie, Ma-
[G#]-rie, the sun is down
in the cornfields, the evening is
[D#] dark
And you
[C#] sing so
[D#] sad
Marie, Mar-
[G#]-ie
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 4:
Marie, Ma-
[G#]-rie, I got two weeks
in back pay, there's gas in my
[D#] car
And your
[C#] folks say I must
[D#] go
Marie, Ma-
[G#]-rie
BRIDGE:
I said,
[D#] "Hey, pretty girl
Don't you understand
I just want to be your lovin' man"
VERSE 5:
Marie, Ma-
[G#]-rie, playing guitar
on the back porch, I leave in my
[D#] car
While you
[C#] sing so
[D#] sad
Marie, Mar-
[G#]-ie
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]