Intro C Verse 1 C G F C I first met Sundown Mary a year ago today G F Traveling the same road I was, but going the other way E Am C D7 G We talked and then she said you might be nice to have around F C F C G7 C C C If you don't mind a laying your head wherever the sun goes down Verse 2 G F C I've always been a loner never had no one before G F C But with every town we passed through I loved her a little more Am C D7 G And one night when I kissed her, I thought she felt the same F C F C G7 C But then the spell was broken by the whistle of a train Chorus G C F C Am C What have you heard from Sundown Mary what has she done today F Em Am D7 G Is she eating her food from the silver spoon and off of the golden plate F C E Am Is she in the chips in Texas or stranded broke in Maine F C Am F C Do you know if Sundown Mary ever speaks my name F C C Ever speaks my name Verse 3 G F C We hopped a train to Baton Rouge the trip took several days G F C I had no idea that she thought of going separate ways Am C D7 G There in the crowded station she softly spoke my name F C F C G C C C And said it's time to leave you cause I come and go like rain Verse 4 G F C There's not much left of what you'd call the man I used to be G F C For in her place an empty space haunts my memory Am C D7 G Always broke and lonely I age a year a day F C F C G7 C And when I get to drinking nights there's just one thing, I say Chorus G C F C Am C What have you heard from Sundown Mary what has she done today F Em Am D7 G Is she eating her food from the silver spoon and off of the golden plate F C E Am Is she in the chips in Texas or stranded broke in Maine F C Am F C Do you know if Sundown Mary ever speaks my name F C C Ever speaks my name
