Marcie - Chris Thile

Intro: D C# E B Verse 1: D C# Marcie in a coat of flowers E B Stops inside a candy store D C# Reds are sweet and greens are sour E B Still no letter at her door G F# So she'll wash her flower curtains E D# Hang them in the wind to dry Bm C# Dust her tables with his shirt and E B Wave another day goodbye

Verse 2: D C# Marcie's faucet needs a plumber E B Marcie's sorrow needs a man D C# Red is autumn, green is summer E B Greens are turning and the sand G F# All along the ocean beaches E D# Stares up empty at the sky Bm C# Marcie buys a bag of peaches E B Stops a postman passing by Chorus: D#m And summer goes E Falls to the sidewalk like string and brown paper D#m Winter blows E Up from the river there's no one to take her B C# E B To the sea [Instrumental] D C# E B (x5) Verse 3: D C# Marcie dresses warm its snowing E B Takes a yellow cab uptown D C# Red is stop and green's for going E B Bmaj7 Sees a show and rides back down, down G F# Along the Hudson River E D# Past the shipyards in the cold Bm C# Still no letter's been delivered E B Still the winter days unfold Chorus: D#m Like magazines E Fading in dusty grey attics and cellars D#m Make a dream E Dream back to summer and hear how he tells her B C# E B Wait for me D C# E B Wait for me [Instrumental] D C# E B (x4) Verse 4: D C# Marcie leaves and doesn't tell us E B Where or why she moved away D C# Red is angry, green is jealous E B That was all she had to say G F# Someone thought they saw her Sunday E D# Window shopping in the rain Bm C# Someone heard she bought a one-way E B Ticket, and went west again