Chords with lyrics
Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche - Mary
CAPO: 2nd Fret
Intro:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Verse 1:
G+G C majorC
Mary, you're covered in roses
G+G D MajorD
You're covered in ashes, you're covered in rain
G+G C majorC
You're covered in babies, you're covered in slashes
G+G D MajorD
You're covered in wilderness, you're covered in stains
Verse 2:
G+G C majorC
You cast aside the sheet, you cast aside the shroud
G+G D MajorD
Of another man, who served the world proud
G+G C majorC
You greet another son, you lose another one
G+G D MajorD G+G
On some sunny day and always you stay, Mary
Chorus:
E minorEm C majorC G+G
Jesus says, "Mother I couldn't stay another day longer"
E minorEm C majorC G+G
Flies right by, leaves a kiss upon her face
E minorEm C majorC G+G
While the angels were singing his praises in a blaze of glory
A minorAm C majorC
Mary stays behind and starts cleaning up the place
Verse 3:
G+G C majorC
Oh Mary, she moves behind me
G+G D MajorD
She leaves her fingerprints everywhere
G+G C majorC
Every time the snow drifts, every way the sand shifts
G+G D MajorD
Even when the night lifts, she's always there
Chorus:
E minorEm C majorC G+G
Jesus says, "Mother I couldn't stay another day longer"
E minorEm C majorC G+G
Flies right by, leaves a kiss upon her face
E minorEm C majorC G+G
While the angels were singing his praises in a blaze of glory
A7A7 C majorC
Mary stays behind and starts cleaning up the place
Verse 4:
G+G C majorC
Oh Mary, you're covered in roses
G+G D MajorD
You're covered in ruin, you're covered in secrets
G+G C majorC
You're covered in treetops, you're covered in birds
G+G D MajorD
Who can sing a million songs without any words
Verse 5:
G+G C majorC
You cast aside the sheets, you cast aside the shroud
G+G D MajorD
Of another man, who served the world proud
G+G C majorC
You greet another son, you lose another one
G+G D MajorD
On some sunny day and always you stay
G+G C majorC G+G
Mary