The Ballad Of Mary Magdalen chords by Richard Shindell

Chords with lyrics

Richard Shindell - The Ballad Of Mary Magdalen


CAPO: 4th Fret


INTRO: C majorC A minorAm G+G FF (2x) C majorC

      A minorAm FF
My name is Mary Magdalen
   G+G     C majorC  FF G+G C majorC
I come from Palestine
     A minorAm     FF
Please excuse these rags I'm in
         G+G   C majorC   FF
But I've fallen on hard times
   G+G  FF   C majorC   FF
Long ago I had my work
      A minorAm  G+G   FF G+G C majorC
When I was in my prime
       A minorAm FF
But I gave it up, and all for love
       G+G    C majorC
It was his career or mine

CHORUS:
A minorAm  G+G    FF    C majorC   FF
Jesus loved me, this I know
                G+G
Why on earth did I ever let him go
   A minorAm   G+G    FF       C majorC
He was always faithful, he was always kind
    FF     A minorAm    G+G    C majorC
But he walked off with this heart of mine


INTERLUDE: C majorC A minorAm G+G FF (2x) C majorC


  A minorAm  FF
I remember nights we spent
     G+G  C majorC   FF G+G C majorC
Whispering our creed
    A minorAm   FF
Our rituals, our sacraments
       G+G   C majorC  FF
The stars our canopy
    G+G  FF     C majorC   FF
There beneath an olive tree
      A minorAm   G+G   FF G+G C majorC
We'd offer up our plea
     A minorAm  FF
God's creation, innocent
    G+G      C majorC
His arms surrounding me

CHORUS:
A minorAm  G+G    FF    C majorC   FF
Jesus loved me, this I know
                G+G
Why on earth did I ever let him go
   A minorAm   G+G    FF       C majorC
He was always faithful, he was always kind
    FF     A minorAm    G+G    C majorC
But he walked off with this heart of mine


INTERLUDE: C majorC A minorAm G+G FF (2x) C majorC


      A minorAm FF
A augmentedA love like this will come but once
   G+G   C majorC   FF G+G C majorC
This I do believe
       A minorAm   FF
And I'll not see his like again
  G+G     C majorC    FF
As I live and breath
     G+G  FF    C majorC   FF
I'm sorry if I might offend
 A minorAm     G+G  FF G+G C majorC
I will never see
       A minorAm  FF
How the tenderness I shared with him
   G+G   C majorC
Became a heresy


CHORUS:
A minorAm  G+G    FF    C majorC   FF
Jesus loved me, this I know
                 G+G
Why on earth did he ever have to go
    A minorAm   G+G        FF   C majorC
He was always faithful, he was always kind
    FF     A minorAm    G+G    C majorC
But he walked off with this heart of mine
    A minorAm   G+G        FF   C majorC
He was always faithful, he was always kind
    FF     A minorAm    G+G    C majorC
But he walked off with this heart of mine


OUTRO: C majorC A minorAm G+G FF (## about 5x - fade to end ##)