EVERLY BROTHERS: TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY (B. & F. Bryant) 4/4 - 120
| |: Measure of 4-counts
|./. |: Repeat the previous Chord and Maesure
Intro:
E |./. |G#m
THESE ARE THE WORDS OF A FRONTIER LAD, WHO LOST HIS LOVE,
|B |B7 |
WHEN HE TURNED BA - D.
Verse-1:
d|2 - - -|2 - - -|
E |./. |B7 |E |
TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY, BUT DON’T TELL HER WHERE I AM.
E |./. |B7 |E
TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY, BUT DON’T SAY I’M IN A JAM.
|C#m |G#m
YOU CAN TELL HER I HAD TO SEE THE WORLD,
|C#m F#7 |B
OR TELL HER THAT MY SHIP SET SAIL.
|E G#m |A E |C#m |./.
YOU CAN SAY SHE BETTER NOT WAIT FOR ME, BUT DON’T TELL HER I’M IN JAIL.
|E B7 |E |
OH DON’T TELL HER I’M IN JAIL.
Verse-2:
E |./. |B7 |E |
TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY, BUT DON’T TELL HER WHAT I’VE DONE.
E |./. |B7 |E
PLEASE DON’T MENTION THE STAGECOACH, AND THE SHOT FROM A CARELESS GUN.
|C#m |G#m |C#m F#7 |B
YOU CAN TELL HER I HAD TO CHANGE MY PLANS, AND CANCEL OUT THE WEDDING DAY.
|E G#m |A E |C#m |./.
BUT PLEASE DON’T MENTION MY LONELY CELL, WHERE I’M GONNA PINE A-WAY.
|E B7 |E |
UN-TIL MY DYING DAY.
Verse-3:
E |./. |B7 |E |
TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY, BUT DON’T TELL HER ALL YOU KNOW.
E |./. |B7 |E
MY HEART’S ACH-IN’ FOR MARY, LORD KNOWS I MISS HER SO.
|C#m |G#m |C#m F#7 |B
JUST TELL HER I WENT TO TIMBUKTU, TELL HER I’M SEARCHIN’ FOR GOLD.
|E G#m |A E |C#m |./.
YOU CAN SAY SHE BETTER FIND SOMEONE NEW, TO CHERISH AND TO HOLD.
|E B7 |E |
OH LORD, THIS CELL IS COLD.
Outro:
E |./. |C#m |./. |E |B7 |E |E
MA - RY, MA - RY, OH LORD THIS CELL IS COLD.
Tab by: DAIRYBEAT (André H. Hofman, Purmerend, The Netherlands).
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