Difficulty
Intermediate
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Key: Bm
Intro:
Bm
Verse 1:
Bm
I was a sailor
Em Bm
I was a sailor, and now I'm a boat
Bm
I was a car
Em Bm
I was a car, and now I'm the road
G
And I was kneeling on the turnpike
Bm
With an angel down my throat
Em Bm
She said "You don't know what it's like
G D Em Bm
To bow down, down, down to Maria's dead bones"
Verse 2:
Bm
I was in love
Em Bm
I was in love, and now I'm in hell
G Bm Em Bm
With Maria's bones talking to myself
Em Bm
You don't know what it's like
Em G D Bm
She said, "He with least money has the most to sell, sell, sell"
G
And she said, "I've met angels so deep undercover
Bm
That they'd sit on Solomon's throne
Em Bm
And you don't know what it's like
G Bm
You don't know what it's like
Em Bm
You don't know what it's like
G D Em Bm
To bow down down down down to Maria's bones"
Outro:
Bm
Em Bm
G Bm Em Bm
Gm Em Bm
G Bm Em Bm
Em Bm
G F#m Em Bm
G D Em Bm
G D Em Bm
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Published: October 30, 2025
Last Updated: October 30, 2025