Everly Brothers - Take A Message To Mary guitar tab

"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

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