Mary May And Bobby
Joe Purdy
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D - XX0232G - 320033G/F# - 200033Em7 - 022033A7sus4 - X02033 Intro - D - G - G/F# - Em7 x2D G It was a fine day in theG/F# Em7 fifth gradeD G G/F# when Mary May let Bobby walk herEm7 home from schoolD he had her books in hand and heG G/F# Em7 A7sus4 was listening to every word she saidD like it was the gospel of theG G/F# Em7 A7sus4 propheciesEm7 G/F# and he loved the way her hair fellG A7sus4 across her dressEm7 went home singing who wrote theG/F# book of loveG A7sus4 and try a little tenderness D - G - G/F# - Em7 x2D G G/F# the next day on the playgroundEm7 A7sus4 D bobby sat Mary down on theG G/F# Em7 swingset behind the sandboxA7sus4Em7 G/F# and she said, Bobby i just wannaG A7sus4 playEm7 G/F# G so what is it you have to say?A7sus4 Chorus:D Em7 G A7sus4 He said, mary, marry me.D Em7 we could live out by the seaG A7sus4D Em7 like they do on the movie screen.G A7sus4D Em7 G oh, marry me, mary may, beforeA7sus4 you go back to playContinues after the adD - G - G/F# - Em7 x2D G G/F# Em7 It was graduation day.D G They were waiting on a plane toG/F# Em7 A7sus4 take Mary away.D Said, "There's nothing left for meG G/F# Em7 A7sus4 here but you.Em7 Bobby, I hope that you can findG/F# G A7sus4 yourself through.D G There's so much that I wish toG/F# Em7 A7sus4 know,D G G/F# and I have to do this on my ownEm7 A7sus4D G and I hope that you canG/F# Em7 A7sus4 understand.Em7 G/F# Bobby, write me when you can.G A7sus4D G He said, "Take my high school ring,G/F# Em7A7sus4 D so time to time now you can thinkG G/F# Em7 A7sus4 of meEm7 G/F# and there's just one more thingG A7sus4 before you leave..."D Em7 G A7sus4 He said, mary, marry me.D Em7 we could live out by the seaG A7sus4D Em7 like they do on the movie screen.G A7sus4D Em7 G oh, marry me, mary may, beforeA7sus4 you up and fly away D - G - G/F# - Em7 - A7sus4 x3 D - G - G/F# - Em7 (keep strumming Em7 for A couple more beats)D G There's so much time has passedG/F# Em7 since that dayD G G/F# and Mary stopped writing years agoEm7D G and Bobby never took his musicG/F# Em7 on the road.D G G/F# Em7 Guess he never really gave up hope.D G G/F# Now Mary she's got everything sheEm7 A7sus4 thought she wantedD G G/F# got a Ph.D., she is anEm7 A7sus4 independent business womanD G G/F# climbing up the corporate ladderEm7 though it really don't seem toA7sus4 matter,D G G/F# Em7 she is lonely beyond belief.A7sus4Em7 G/F# G So one day she went home A7sus4 Em7 G/F# G A7sus4 (strum A couple of times) looking for the only love she'd ever known.D G G/F# Em7 She found him once again,D playing a circuit at the HolidayG G/F# Em7 Inn,A7sus4 still singing the song about theD G G/F# one he lostEm7 long ago.A7sus4 D Just goes to show, you never know.G G/F# Em7 A7sus4Em7 G/F# G She took his hand in hersA7sus4 Em7 not everything she had planned andG/F# G A7sus4 rehearsed.D Em7 G She said, "Bobby, marry me.A7sus4 D We could live in a apartmentEm7 building with a window view.GA7sus4 D We could take in movies on theEm7 weekendG A7sus4 while planning our vacation.D Em7 Take a honeymoon by the sea.G A7sus4 Oh Bobby, won't you just marry me?D G G/F# Em7A7sus4 D Won't you just marry me?G G/F# Em7A7sus4 D G Oh please, marry me."G/F# Em7 A7sus4 D - G - G/F# - Em7 (keep strumming Em7 for A couple more beats)D G It was a fine day in theG/F# Em7 fifth gradeD G G/F# when Mary May let Bobby walk herEm7 home from school