Marie chords by Steve Earle

Key: Bm

🎸 Intro:

Bm A Bm A Bm
Em D Em
Bm A Bm



🎸 Verse :

  Bm
I stood in line and left my name
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Took about six hours or so
          Bm
Well, the man just grinned like it was all a game
             A     Bm
Said they'd let me know
  Em
I put in my time till the pocono line
              D      Em
Shut down two years ago
      Bm
I was staying at the mission till I met Marie
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Now I can't stay there no more

🎸 Verse 2:

Bm
Fella 'cross town said he's lookin' for a man
                 A     Bm
To move some old cars around
      Bm
Maybe me and Marie could find a burned-out
                    A        Bm
Van and do a little settlin' down
        Em
Aw, but I'm just dreamin'
I ain't got no ride
                     D      Em
And the junkyard's a pretty good ways
     Bm
That job's about a half week old besides
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It'd be gone now anyway


🎸 Verse 3:

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Unemployment said I got no more checks
                   A         Bm
And they showed me to the hall
   Bm
My brother died in Georgia some time ago
             A       Bm
I got no one left to call
Em
Summer wasn't bad below the bridge
                  D           Em
A little short on food that's all
      Bm
Now I gotta get Marie some kind of coat
                  A    Bm   A Bm
We're headed down into fall


🎸 Verse 4:

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I used to play the mouth harp pretty good
             A      Bm
Hustled up a little dough
    Bm
But I got drunk and I woke up rolled
            A       Bm
A couple of months ago
     Em
They got my harp and they got my dollar
              D      Em
Them low life so and so's
Bm
Harps cost money and I ain't got it
                  A    Bm   A Bm
It's my own fault I suppose


🎸 Verse 5:

    Bm
The pocono's down but the Chesapeak's runnin'
             A     Bm
Two freights everyday
Bm
If it was just me I'd be headed south
                A        Bm
But Marie can't catch no train
      Em
She's got some pain and she thinks it's a baby
D        Em
Says we gotta wait and see
Bm
In my heart I know it's a little boy
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Hope he don't end up like me


🎸 Verse 6:

Bm
Well, the man's still grinnin' says he lost my file
                 A     Bm
I gotta stand in line again
Bm
I want to kill him but I just say no
                     A       Bm
I had enough of that line my friend
       Em
I head back to the bridge, it's getting kinda cold
                    D       Em
I'm feelin' too low down to lie
  Bm
I guess I'll just tell Marie the truth
                     A        Bm
Hope she don't break down and cry


🎸 Interlude:

Bm A Bm A Bm
Em D Em
Bm A Bm


🎸 Verse 7:

Bm
Marie she didn't wake up this morning
           A    Bm
She didn't even try
Bm
She just rolled over and went to heaven
              A      Bm
My little boy safe inside
  Em
I laid them in the sun where somebody'd find them
                    D      Em
Caught a Chesapeake on the fly
  Bm
Marie will know I'm headed south
                A      Bm
So's to meet me by and by
  Bm
Marie will know I'm headed south
                A      Bm
So's to meet me by and by