C

               Am
Mary Ann was a waitress at the circus
F                        G                          C
Dan was a writer for the Delaware locale observer
                   Am
Just 21 and just 2 months out of the service
F                            G             C
Missing half an eyelid so he had to wear a patch…

              Am
Mary Ann introduced herself to Dan
         F                          G                               C
She said do you like the menu or do you need me to read it to you
                          Am
Halfway angry half turned on and half confused
   F                                G              C
He took her by the arm and went out back to make a match


And he said…
       Am                F                      G      C
So long to my former life, to a worried life so long
       Am               F      G                C
So long to a harder life, to a troubled life so long

                      Am
Lying there under the soft glow of the sunrise
    F                                G                          C
The moon was still awake and all the generators lowly humming
                                 Am
She picked a flower and fastened it on to his bad eye
         F                                 G
She said come on let’s get married I think we might get along

               C
And she said…
       Am                F                      G      C
So long to my former life, to a selfish life so long
       Am                F                      G      C
So long to a bitter life, to a troubled life so long

C Am F G x2

C                           Am
Dan he was no poet couldn’t dance he never slept
       F                                  G                              C
He had nightmares every night of rain and fire on those bloody beaches
                                   Am
Just then the dew dropped from the flower and he wept
     F                      G
Mary Ann you are a melody I think I wrote a song

               C
It goes like…
       Am                 F                       G      C
So long to my worried life, to a lonesome life so long
       Am                  F                      G
So long to a wandering life, to a wounded life so long

                  C
And we all said…
       Am                F                                  G      C
So long to those memories, to everything we can’t let go so long
       Am                   F        G                 C      F
So long to our former selves, to our selfish selves so long
       G                 Am    F
To our selfish selves so long
       G                 C     G  C
To our selfish selves so long