Marry Me
By: Drive-By Truckers
INTRO (2x): G D C G D C
D C
Well, my daddy didn’t pull out, but he never apologized
G D C
Rock and roll means well, but it can’t help tellin’ young boys lies.
D C
A baby on the way’s a good enough reason to get you out alive
G D C
Get you out without having to swallow any pride.
(2x): G D C G D C
D C
All my friends are restless, all they do is talk it down,
G D C
two or eight lanes, it don’t matter, it’s just another town.
D C
There’s a fool on every corner, on every street, in every one
G D C
and I’d rather be your fool nowhere than go somewhere and be no one's
CHORUS:
Em D C
So marry me, sweet thing won’t you marry me
G D C
Your Mama thinks I beat anything she’s ever seen
G D C
This old town’s alright with me, there’s nowhere I’d rather be.
G D C
Long as they stay mad at one another, they can’t get mad at me
(2x): G D C G D C
D C
Every time I leave here something bad happens to me
G D C
Like a busted hand or finding some man laying where I sleep
D C
She don’t mean nothing to me, that’s just how it goes round here
G D C
It’s a cartoon town, I play my part, and I ain’t spoke her name in years
CHORUS:
Em D C
So marry me, sweet thing won’t you marry me
G D C
Your Mama thinks I beat anything she’s ever seen
G D C
This old town’s alright with me, there’s nowhere I’d rather be.
G D C
Long as they stay mad at one another, they can’t get mad at me
BREAK: Am Em G C C/B
BRIDGE:
Am Em
I don’t want anything I done to be nobody’s fault
G C C/B
Even if they got more money and mouth than they got balls.
Am Em
That’s just how it went down, right or wrong, it’s just that way.
G D
Just cause I don’t run my mouth don’t mean I got nothing to say
SOLO: Em D C G D C G D C G D C
CHORUS:
Em D C
So marry me, sweet thing won’t you marry me
G D C
Your Mama thinks I beat anything she’s ever seen
G D C
This old town’s alright with me, there’s nowhere I’d rather be.
G D C
Long as they stay mad at one another, they can’t get mad at me
Em D C
Marry me, sweet thing, won't you marry me
Em D C
Marry me, sweet thing, won't you marry me
OUTRO: Em D C
