TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY    (intro)

                 

        C

    These are the words of a frontier lad,

              Em                        G             G7       - C ~

    who lost his love when he turned bad.

 

   C                                                

1.   Take a message to Mary,

            G                              C

    but don't tell her where I am.

                                                    

    Take a message to Mary,

                          G7        C

    but don't say I'm in a jam.

                   Am                    Em

   You can tell her I had to see the world,

        Am                     D          G   - G7

    or tell her that my ship set sail.

                      C          Em            F         C

    You can say she better not wait for me,

              Am                   G Am           C                G7     C

     but don't tell her I'm in jail ! Oh, don't tell her I'm in jail.

 

   C                                             

2.   Take a message to Mary,

            G                                 C

    but don't tell her what I've done.

 

    Please don't mention the stagecoach,

                   G7                            C

    and the shot from a careless gun.

                    Am                      Em

    You can tell her I had to change my plans,

           Am                    D           G  - G7

    and cancel out the wedding day.

              C               Em              F         C

    But please don't mention my lonely cell,

               Am                   G Am    C         G7     C

    where I'm gonna pine away, until my dying day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   C                                                

3.    Take a message to Mary,

            G                               C

    but don't tell her all you know,

                                              

    my heart's achin' for Mary,

               G7                     C

    Lord knows I miss her so.

           Am                      Em

    Just tell her I went to Timbuktu,

    Am              D                  G  - G7

    tell her I'm searchin' for gold.

                      C          Em            F              C

    You can say she better find someone new,

             Am            GAm             C            G7      C

    to cherish and to hold ! Oh, Lord, this cell is cold.

 

      C        Am                  C           G7      C

    Mary, Ma-a-a-a-ary ! Oh, Lord this cell is cold

 

(capo 4th)              

 

    (Everly Brothers)