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