Maria chords by Chris Knight

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G C majorC D MajorD  G+G C majorC D MajorD

Verse 1:
         G+G
Thank you for the ride there mister
   C majorC          D MajorD
Right here is where I get off
          G+G              C majorC          D MajorD
It's been a little while since I seen her but I don't think love is lost
         G+G          C majorC        D MajorD
Thank you for the whiskey mister ain't had none in so long
         C majorC            D MajorD
Thank you for the ride, thank you for the whiskey
         G+G
Thank you for the song

Chorus:
C majorC          D MajorD
Maria, you hear me coming up the road
C majorC        D MajorD
Maria, your new man's on his way home
     G+G         C majorC        D MajorD
I need a chance to fix the things I've torn apart
   G+G        C majorC       D MajorD
Where I left off's the only place to start
       G+G        C majorC         D MajorD
So take those doubting chains off of your lonely heart
     C majorC      D MajorD          G+G
For this thankful man comin' in out of the dark

Instrumental:
G+G  C majorC  D MajorD

Verse 2:
        G+G          C majorC         D MajorD
I believe I'm a stronger man for the suffering and hard time
        G+G               C majorC          D MajorD
They put those steel bars around me but they never got her off my mind
     G+G            C majorC           D MajorD
Fought my way through the walls of hell just to see her again
            C majorC              D MajorD
Lord thank you for the moonlight, thank you for the stars
         G+G
Thank you for the wind

Chorus:
C majorC              D MajorD
Maria hear me coming up the road
C majorC       D MajorD
Maria your new man's on his way home
     G+G         C majorC        D MajorD
I need a chance to fix the things I've torn apart
   G+G        C majorC       D MajorD
Where I left off's the only place to start
       G+G        C majorC         D MajorD
So take those doubting chains off of your lonely heart
     C majorC      D MajorD          G+G
For this thankful man comin' in out of the dark

Instrumental:
G+G  C majorC  D MajorD  G+G  C majorC D MajorD

Bridge:
    C majorC                    D MajorD
Well I never got lost till the day I left your side
     C majorC                  D MajorD
And I've paid the cost of bein on a long dark ride
  G+G        C majorC         D MajorD
Ah Maria your fires leading me home tonight
         C majorC            D MajorD
Thank you for the love, thank you for the laughter
         G+G
Thank you for the light

Chorus:
C majorC         D MajorD
Maria you hear me coming up the road
C majorC       D MajorD
Maria your new man's on his way home
     G+G         C majorC        D MajorD
I need a chance to fix the things I've torn apart
   G+G        C majorC       D MajorD
Where I left off's the only place to start
       G+G        C majorC         D MajorD
So take those doubting chains off of your lonely heart
     C majorC      D MajorD          G+G
For this thankful man comin' in out of the dark

Outro:
      C majorC      D MajorD          G+G
Yeah I'm a thankful man comin' in out of the dark

Instrumental:
C majorC D MajorD G+G (Repeat to fade)