Oh Sweet Mary tab by Janis Joplin

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OH, SWEET MARY - Big Brother and the Holding Company/Janis Joplin
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Tabbed by: Callalou
E-mail: [email protected]

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          Oh sweet mary, child of confusion


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She runs the hills to cry,   past the willows, or an illusion

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Lord, tell me the reason why...  tell me why! Why's it all so hard?!


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   Breathing in the air,      any - one to ca-are!


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      Aah...   aah...    aaahh...


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   Oooh!  oooohh!            ooooh!


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   Oooh!  oooohh!       oooooohhhh!!


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           Oh sweet mary, in our story


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Have we nothing left to give? Don't we all know, if we're pressed to


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That that's the way we live...  tell me why! Why's it all so hard?!


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  Breathing in the air,      any - one to ca-are!


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   Ohhh!   yeeaahh!


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Hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now,
Hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, ohh, yeah!

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