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