Nick Lowe - Marie Provost guitar tab

Marie Provost

by Nick Lowe

G C D

Marie Provost did not look her best

G C D

the day the cops bust into her lonely nest

G Em

in the cheap hotel up on Hollywood west

C D

July 29

She'd been lyin' there for two or three weeks

The neighbors said they never heard a squeak

While hungry eyes that could not speak

said even little doggies have got to eat

chorus:

no chord G D C Am

She was a winner that became a doggie's dinner

G

She never meant that much to me

C D G C G D

Whoa oh poor Marie

Marie Provost was a movie queen

mysterious angel of the silent screen

And run like the wind the nation's young men steamed

When Marie crossed the silent screen

Whoa she came out west from New York

but when the talkies came Marie just couldn't cope

The public said Marie take a walk

All the way back to New York

-repeat chorus-

Instrumental:

G Em C D / G Em C D

Those quaalude bombs didn't help her sleep

As her nights grew long and her days grew bleak

It's all downhill once you've passed your peak

Marie got ready for that last big sleep

The cops came in and they looked around

Throwin' up everywhere over what they found

The handiwork of Marie's little dachshund

That hungry little dachshund

-repeat chorus-

repeat and fade:

G C G D

poor Marie

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Steve Nicholson, 74431.40@compuserve.com