Everly Brothers - Take A Message To Mary guitar chord

Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 13:25:14 -0400

From: Andrew Rogers

Subject: e/everly_brothers/take_a_message_to_mary.crd

                        "Take A Message To Mary"

                   (Boudleaux Bryant - Felice Bryant)

Intro:

  E

These are the words of a frontier lad

    G#m                B7             E

Who lost his love when he turned bad

Verse 1:

E

Take a message to Mary

     B7

But don't tell her where I am

E

Take a message to Mary

     B7

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#       B7

Or tell her that my ship set sail

         E      G#m         A       E

You can say she better not wait for me

     C#m

But don't tell her I'm in jail

     E              B7     E

Oh, don't tell her I'm in jail

Verse 2:

Take a message to Mary

But don't tell her what I've done

Please don't mention the stagecoach

And the shot from a careless gun

You can tell her I had to change my plans

And cancel out the wedding day

But please don't mention my lonely cell

Where I'm gonna pine away

Until my dying day

Verse 3:

Take a message to Mary

But don't tell her all you know

My heart's achin' for Mary

Lord knows I miss her so

Just tell her I went to Timbuktu

Tell her I'm searchin' for gold

You can say she better find someone new

To cherish and to hold

Oh, Lord, this cell is cold

Coda:

E   C#m

Mary, Ma-a-a-a-ary

     E         B7      E

Oh, Lord this cell is cold

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers