Marie chords by Townes Van Zandt

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
 A minorAm                A minorAm
e|-----------------------0---------|---------------------------------|
BB|-----------1---------------1-----|---------------1-----------------|
G+G|-----2-------------2-----------2-|-----2-----2---------------------|
D MajorD|-------------2-------2-------2---|-------------2-------------------|
A augmentedA|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E MajorE|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|


Verse:
 A minorAm                A minorAm    G+G    A minorAm
e|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------1-------1-------1-------1-|-------1-------0-------1---------------1-------1--|
G+G|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2-------0-------2---------------2-------2----|
D MajorD|-------------------------0h2-----|--------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0-----------0h3-0----------------|
E MajorE|---------0-----------------------|---------3---------------0h3-------------0--------|

 A minorAm                A minorAm    G+G    A minorAm
e|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------1-------1-------1-------1-|-------1-------0-------1---------------1-------1--|
G+G|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2-------0-------2---------------2-------2----|
D MajorD|-------------------------0h2-----|--------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0-----------0h3-0----------------|
E MajorE|---------0-----------------------|---------3---------------0h3-------------0--------|

 DmDm                DmDm    C majorC    DmDm
e|-------1-------1-------1-------1-|-------1-------0-------1---------------1-------1--|
BB|-----3-------3-------3-------3---|-----3-------1-------3---------------3-------3----|
G+G|-------------------------0h2-----|--------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0-----------0h3-0----------------|
A augmentedA|---------0-----------------------|---------3---------------0h3-------------0--------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|

 A minorAm                A minorAm    G+G    A minorAm
e|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------1-------1-------1-------1-|-------1-------0-------1---------------1-------1--|
G+G|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2-------0-------2---------------2-------2----|
D MajorD|-------------------------0h2-----|--------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0-----------0h3-0----------------|
E MajorE|---------0-----------------------|---------3---------------0h3-------------0--------|

Verse 1:
A minorAm
I stood in line and left my name
        G+G    A minorAm
Took about six hours or so
A minorAm
Well, the man just grinned like it was all a game
      G+G   A minorAm
Said they'd let me know
 DmDm
I put in my time till the Pocono line
       C majorC   DmDm
Shut down two years ago
   A minorAm
I was staying at the mission till I met Marie
      G+G       A minorAm
Now I can't stay there no more

Verse 2:
A minorAm
Fella across town said he's looking for a man
         G+G  A minorAm
To move some old cars around
A minorAm
Maybe me and Marie could find a burned-out van
        G+G    A minorAm
And do a little settling down
  DmDm
But I'm just dreaming, I ain't got no ride
           C majorC       DmDm
And the junk-yard's a pretty good ways
   A minorAm
That job's about a half week old besides
       G+G   A minorAm
It'd be gone now anyway

Verse 3:
A minorAm
Unemployment said I got no more checks
          G+G    A minorAm
And they showed me to the hall
A minorAm
My brother died in Georgia some time ago
       G+G    A minorAm
I got no one left to call
DmDm
Summer wasn't bad below the bridge
         C majorC      DmDm
A augmentedA little short on food that's all
   A minorAm
Now I gotta get Marie some kind of coat
       G+G     A minorAm
We're headed down into fall

Verse 4:
A minorAm
I used to play the mouth harp pretty good
       G+G    A minorAm
Hustled up a little dough
A minorAm
But I got drunk and I woke up rolled
      G+G   A minorAm
A augmentedA couple of months ago
   DmDm
They got my harp and they got my dollar
       C majorC    DmDm
Them low life so and so's
A minorAm
Harps cost money and I ain't got it
      G+G    A minorAm
It's my own fault, I suppose

Verse 5:
A minorAm
The Pocono's down but the Chesapeake's running
       G+G  A minorAm
Two freights everyday
A minorAm
If it was just me, I'd be headed south
        G+G    A minorAm
But Marie can't catch no train
   DmDm
She's got some pain and she thinks it's a baby
       C majorC    DmDm
Says we gotta wait and see
   A minorAm
In my heart I know it's a little boy
       G+G      A minorAm
Hope he don't end up like me

Verse 6:
A minorAm
Well, the man's still grinning says he lost my file
         G+G  A minorAm
I gotta stand in line again
A minorAm
I want to kill him but I just say no
           G+G    A minorAm
I had enough of that line my friend
 DmDm
I head back to the bridge, its getting kinda cold
         C majorC     DmDm
I'm feeling too low down to lie
 A minorAm
I guess I'll just tell Marie the truth
        G+G       A minorAm
Hope she don't break down and cry

Verse 7:
A minorAm
Marie she didn't wake up this morning
      G+G  A minorAm
She didn't even try
A minorAm
She just rolled over and went to Heaven
       G+G   A minorAm
My little boy safe inside
 DmDm
I laid them in the sun where somebody'd find them
       C majorC      DmDm
Caught a Chesapeake on the fly
A minorAm
Marie will know I'm headed south
        G+G   A minorAm
So's to meet me by and by

Outro:
A minorAm
Marie will know I'm headed south
       G+G    A minorAm
So to meet me by and by

Outro:
 A minorAm                A minorAm
e|---------------0----------------0-----0----------0--|
BB|---------1--3-----3--1----------1-----0---------1---|
G+G|-----2------------------2-------2-----0-------2-----|
D MajorD|-------2------------------------2-----0-----2-------|
A augmentedA|-0---------------------------0--------0---0---------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------3----------------|

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