Mary Would Have Wanted It That Way chords by Cal Smith

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: D

♫ Intro:

D     Bm     G     D     Em     A     D     D

♫ Verse 1:
D                 Bm          G             D
The fever took my Mary on the eighth of January
    Em            A             D
So, I laid her to rest in Santa Fe
                      Bm       G            D
I planned to sell her rings to pay for everything
Em                             A   A7
Mary would have wanted it that way

      D           Bm       G              D
And I made little Johnny a bed in our old Chevy
    Em            A               D
And told him everything would be ok
                D7        G                 D
I told him that mommy had gone to live with Jesus
      Em              A              D
Cause Mary would have wanted it that way

♫ Chorus:
D                                G             D
When Johnny fell asleep I struck out for Tennessee
   Em               A               D
At times I'd cry so hard I couldn't drive
                 D7               G            D
But God found me traveling down a lonely Texas highway
Em                              G          D
Trying to smile for Johnny with Mary on my mind

♫ Verse 2:
                    Bm      G              D
When we got to Texarkana my pockets needed money
   Em            A              D
So I sold Mary's old blue Chevrolet
                        Bm      G                 D
It was hard to sell the car she worked so hard to pay for
      Em                            A    A7
But I knew that she'd have done the same

        D                Bm           G             D
Then we caught a smoking greyhound to take us on to Nashville
        Em             A                 D
And the humming of the wheels sang us to sleep
              D7               G         D
We woke up in Little Rock at a cafe at a truck stop
Em               A             D
Thankful that we had enough to eat

♫ Verse 3:
                      Bm             G                D
The bus drove down to Jackson and we had to spend the night
    Em                         A            D
And that's where he taught his daddy how to pray
                  Bm             G               D
We prayed for his mother then we prayed for one another
Em                       A    A7
Mary always wanted me to pray

♫ Chorus:
    D                              G            D
Now all that's left of Mary is her memory and a baby
    Em                 A         D
But that's a lot for a Santa Fe DJ
                       D7             G              D
It's enough to make me wanna live and die for little Johnny
    Em              A              D
And Mary would have wanted it that way