"Along Comes Mary" (Tandyn Almer) [promo copies co-credit Curt Boettcher] Jim Yester, in the liner notes to the Japanese _From The Original Master Tapes_ CD (Warner/Pioneer WPCP-3536): This was the first national hit for the group, and established the "sound" of THE ASSOCIATION. So unique was the arrangement that it was explored in depth on a television special by Leonard Bernstein. Intro: [rhythm guitar plays xxxx55 (implicit Am/D9) on beats 2 and 4]
[fuzz guitar (left channel) doubled with electric bass; clean guitar (right channel) plays octave higher, doubled with acoustic bass]: v v v v v v v v v v ---------|-----------------|-----------------| ---------|-----------------|-----------------| ---------|-----------------|-----------------| ---------|-----------------|---6-7-----------| ---------|-------6-7-------|-----------3-5-5-| ---0-3-4-|-5-----------0-5-|---------5-------| v v v v v v v v |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|---6-7-----------| |-------6-7-------|-----------------| |---------------5-|-----------------| |-------------5---|---------0-3-4-5-| ^^^^^^^ right channel only Am Bm/A Am7 Bm/A / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / x02210 x04432 x02213 x04432 <- left channel xxx555 xxx777 xxx988 xxx777 <- right channel Verse 1: Am Bm/A Everytime I think that I'm the ... Am7 Bm/A someone calls ... Am Bm/A And every now and then I spend my ... Am7 Bm/A those ... Chorus 1: E A E7 A And then along ... E A E7 And does she wanna give me kicks and ... A E A D G And give me pick ... B E B E B Or maybe rather gather tales from .... E A Noone ever ... [N.C.] v v v v ---5---------------- -----8-------------- -------7b9---------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- Dm Em F When we met I was sure ... F/D D Now my empty cup tastes ... [3: to coda] Am Bm/A Am7 Bm6/A Bm7/A / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / x04434 x04435 Verse 2: When vague desire is the fire in the .... Chorus 2: And then along comes Mary... When we met I was sure ... Am Bm/A Am7 Bm/A [recorder solo over intro] Verse 3: And when the morning of the ... Chorus 3: And then along comes .... Coda: Am Bm/A / / / / / / / / Am7 Bm/A Sweet as the ... Am Bm/A Sweet as the ... Am7 Bm/A Sweet as the .... Am [end cold] Sweet as the ... -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers