Ricky Nelson, Hello Mary Lou (1961)
^{Key: :[C#] (w: Gene Pitney, Cayet Mangiaracina)}

CHORUS:
[C#] Hello Mary Lou, [F#] goodbye heart,
Sweet [C#] Mary Lou, I'm so in love with [G#7] you.
I [C#] knew, Mary Lou, [F7] we'd never [A#m] part,
So hel-[D#7]-lo Mary [G#7] Lou, goodbye [C#] heart [F#] [C#]

VERSE 1:
[C#] Past me by one sunny day, [F#] flashed those big brown eyes my way,
and [C#] ooh I knew I wanted you for ever-[G#7]-more.
Now [C#] I'm not one that gets around; [F#] swear my feet stuck to the ground,
And [C#] though I never did [G#7] need you before, [C#] [F#] [C#] I said

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VERSE 2:
[C#] I saw your lips; I heard your voice, be-[F#]-lieve me I just had no choice;
Wild [C#] horses couldn't make me stay a-[G#7]-way.
I [C#] thought about a moon lit night, my [F#] arms around you good and tight,
That's [C#] all I had to see [G#7] for me to say, [C#] [F#] [C#] hey, hey

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OUTRO:
I said [C#] Hello Mary [G#] Lou, goodbye [C#] heart [F#] [C#]
Yes [C#] Hello Mary [G#] Lou, goodbye [C#] heart [F#] [C#] [G#] [C# open]