Intro:

C G C F C G C G



C                G
The light shines down the valley

C              F
The wind blows up the alley

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Oh, and how I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary



C            G
She took the pains of boyhood

C               F
And turned them into feel good

C             G                     C            G
Oh, and how I wish was lying in the arms of Mary



                  Em                Am
Mary was the girl who taught me all I had to know

F                   G
She put me right on the first mistake

  Em                    Am                     F
Summer wasn't gone when I'd learned all she had to show

          G
She really gave all a boy could take, yeah



C           G
So now when I get lonely

C                     F
Still lookin' for the one and only

C             G                        C           G
That's when I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary



                  Em                Am
Mary was the girl who taught me all I had to know

F                   G
She put me right on the first mistake

  Em                    Am                     F
Summer wasn't gone when I'd learned all she had to show

          G
She really gave all a boy could take, yeah



Instrumental:

C G C F C G C G



                  Em                Am
Mary was the girl who taught me all I had to know

F                   G
She put me right on the first mistake

  Em                    Am                     F
Summer wasn't gone when I'd learned all she had to show

          G
She really gave all a boy could take, yeah



C                G
The light shines down the valley

C              F
The wind blows up the alley

C             G                       C             G
Oh, and how I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary

C       G                       C             G
Oh, and wish I was lying in the arms of Mary