B
She lived on a curve in the road
G
In an old tar paper shack
BG
On the south side of the town on the wrong side of the tracks
B
Sometimes on the way in to town
GG
We say 'Mama, can we stop and give her a ride?'
BAG
Sometimes we did, but her hands flew from her side
GABGBGB
Wild eye... Crazy... Mary
BG
Down a long dirt road, past the Parson's place
BG
Their old blue car, we used to race
BA
Little country store, with a sign tagged to the side
BG
Said 'NO L-O-I-T-E-R-I-N-G ALLOWED'
BG
Underneath that sign allows congregated quite a crowd
BAG
Take a bottle drink it down, pass it around (drink it down)
Take a bottle drink it down, drink,
(pass it around) pass it around (pass it around)
Take a bottle drink it down, pass it, pass it a, pass it a-around
B
One night thunder cracked, Mercy backed outside her windowsile
E
Dreamed I was flying high above the trees, over the hills
B
Looked down into the house of Mary
F#mE
Terrible thought(?), newspaper covered walls
B
and Mary rising up above it all...
BEBBEBB
ah... ah...
B
Next morning on the way into town,
G
Saw some skid marks and followed them around
BGB
over the curb through the fields into the house of Mary
E? D?
That what you fear the most will meet you half way
That what you fear the most will meet you half way
BAG
Take a bottle drink it down, pass it around (drink it down)
Take a bottle drink it down, pass it a, pass it around
Take a bottle drink it down, pass it a, pass it a, pass it a-around
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.