Standard Tuning EADGBe *In the original key on the LP. C - 81010988 Bb - 688566 B - 799899 G - 355433 Eb - 668898 and x866xx E - 779997 and x977xx F - 881010108 and x1088xx ["and" refers to the second time the progression is played in the riff] [Intro] Eb E F Eb E F [Verse 1] C B Bb F After all the jacks are in their boxes C B Bb F And the clowns have all gone to bed C B Bb F You can hear happiness staggering on down the street G Bb Eb E F Footsteps dressed in red... G Bb Eb E F Eb E F And the wind whispers Mary.... [Verse 2] C B Bb F A broom is drearily sweeping C B Bb F Up the broken peices of yesterday's life C B Bb F Somewhere a queen is weeping G Bb Eb E F Somewhere a king has no wife... G Bb Eb E F Eb E F And the wind cries Mary.... [Instrumental Break] F Eb Bb Ab F Eb Bb Ab F Eb Bb Ab G Bb C# F [Verse 3] C B Bb F The traffic lights turn blue tomorrow C B Bb F And shine the emptyness down on my bed C B Bb F The tiny island sags downstream G Bb Eb E F Cause the life that lived is dead... G Bb Eb E F Eb E F And the wind screams Mary.... [Verse 4] C B Bb F Will the wind ever remember C B Bb F The names it has blown in the past? C B Bb F With its crutch, its old age, and its wisdom G Bb Eb E F It whispers no, this will be the last... G Bb Eb E F Eb E F Eb E F Eb E F And the wind cries Mary.... (end)
