Robison Bruce - First Thing About Mary guitar tab

First Thing About Mary

G F

The first thing about Mary, I'll tell you 'cause you asked

C G

She don't like when folks are always livin' in the past

G F

You know, talkin' 'bout the good old days and how things might've been

C G

If some folks had been different it might be better now for them

Am F C

That's what you learn when you've known Mary long as I have

You see, when I met Mary Campbell, that's what her name was then

It was a party in the woods with the fire in a garbage can

And everyone stood and watched the embers risin' in the sky

I was askin' 'bout the little girl with the big brown eyes

But no one knew the first thing about Mary

CHORUS:

C G

But I ain't worried about it none, I know it'll all be okay

Am F C

She's gonna come on back to me someday

G F

'Cause he don't know the first thing about Mary

C G

She could never love a man that way

You see, one thing about Mary is that she don't ever lie

But she can tell if you are just by lookin' in your eyes

And she'll say that she forgives you and you'll try to make amends

But once her trust is gone she can't really give it back again

That's what you learn when you've known Mary long as I have

CHORUS

BRIDGE:

Em G

Pray that they don't dust your life for the little fingerprints

Am C

I can't recall my life before her and there ain't been nothin' since

Em G

And they can raise great buildings full of stuff I'll never learn

F C

But I understand the reason for the fire and how it burns

You see, one thing about Mary not a lot of people know

Is she can't stay in small towns if she thinks she needs to grow

And you may think it's just a phase and she'll soon give in

And she won't ever leave you boy, you better think again

'Cause you can't throw a rope around my Mary

CHORUS

G F

No he don't know the first thing about Mary

C G

She could never love a man that way