G Cadd9 G Cadd9
[Verse 1]
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
There's a light beyond these woods, Mary Margaret.
G Cadd9
Do you think that we will go there,
G C/G CMaj7/G C/G
And see what makes it shine, Mary Margaret?
CMaj7/G G Cadd9 G
It's almost morning, and we've talked all night,
D C/G
You know we've made big plans for ten-year-olds,
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
You and I.
[Verse 2]
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Have you met my new boy friend, Margaret?
G Cadd9 G
His name is John, and he rides my bus to school,
C/G CMaj7/G C/G
And he holds my hand.
CMaj7/G G Cadd9 G
He's fourteen, he's my older man.
D
But we'll still be the best of friends,
C/G G Cadd9 G Cadd9
The three of us, Margaret, John, and I.
[Verse 3]
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Let's go to New York City, Margaret!
G Cadd9
We'll hide out in the subways
G
And drink the poets' wine, oh,
C/G CMaj7/G C/G CMaj7/G G Cadd9 G
But I had John, so you went and I stayed behind.
D C/G
But you were home in time for the senior prom,
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
When we lost John.
[Bridge 1]
Bm C/G CMaj7/G
The fantasies we plan, well I'm living them now.
Bm C/G CMaj7/G
All the dreams we sang when we knew how,
G
Well, they haven't changed.
D C/G
There's never been two friends just like you and me,
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Mary Margaret.
[Verse 4]
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
It's nice to see your family growing, Margaret.
G Cadd9 G
Your daughter and your husband here, they really treat you right
C/G CMaj7/G C/G CMaj7/G
But we've talked all night
G Cadd9 G
And what about the light,
D C/G
That glowed beyond our woods when we were ten?
G Cadd9 G
You were the rambler then.
[Bridge 2]
Bm C/G CMaj7/G
The fantasies we plan, well I'm living them now.
Bm C/G CMaj7/G
All the dreams we sang well we damn sure knew how,
G
Well, I haven't changed.
D C/G
There'll never be two friends just like you and me,
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Maggie, can't you see?
[Ending]
G Cadd9 G
There's a light beyond your woods, Mary Margaret
Chords Used:
G = 320033
Cadd9 = x32033
C/G = 332010
CMaj7/G = 332000
D = xx0232
Bm = xx44322 or x24432
