Intro: C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 Mary was married with children C5 F5 Had the perfect suburban life C5 G5 A5 Till her husband came clean with the help of Jim Beam F5 G5 And confessed all his sins in one night C5 F5 Said he'd fallen in love with a barmaid C5 F5 Said she made him free reckless and young C5 G5 A5 When he was through, what else could she do F5 G5 C5 She just let that pony run F5 G5 C5 'Cause you do what you gotta do F5 G5 C5 And you know what you know F5 G5 C5 A5 You hang on till you can't hang on F5 G5 Then you learn to let go F5 G5 C5 And you get what you need sometimes G5 A5 C5 F5 When it's all said and done G5 C5 A5 You do what you gotta do F5 G5 C5 F5 C5 F5 Then you let that pony run C5 F5 Mary moved to West Virginia C5 F5 After the shock wore off C5 G5 A5 She got a divorce and a chestnut horse F5 G5 And a barn with an old hayloft C5 F5 Sometimes she rides down by the river C5 F5 Says it makes her feel reckless and young C5 G5 A5 She just closes her eyes and she holds on tight F5 G5 C5 And she lets that pony run ~Chorus~ F5 G5 C5 'Cause you do what you gotta do F5 G5 C5 And you know what you know F5 G5 C5 A5 You hang on till you can't hang on F5 G5 Then you learn to let go F5 G5 C5 And you get what you need sometimes G5 A5 C5 F5 When it's all said and done G5 C5 A5 You do what you gotta do F5 G5 C5 Then you let that pony run F5 G5 C5 ..... F5 C5 F5 C5 Let that pony run
