Mary
by Patty Griffin

Capo 1st Fret

B7: x21202

A                       D                        A
Mary, you're covered in roses, you're covered in ashes
                  E
You're covered in rain
                  A                         D
You're covered in babies, you're covered in slashes
                  A                             E
You're covered in wilderness, you're covered in stains
          A                         D
You cast aside the sheet, you cast aside the shroud
    A                                E
Of another man, who served the world proud
           A                     D
You greet another son, you lose another one
        A                        E     A
On some sunny day and always you stay, Mary

D                   E                         A
Jesus says Mother I couldn't stay another day longer
D                           E             A
Flies right by me, leaves a kiss upon her face
          D                      E                     A
While the angels are singin' his praises in a blaze of glory
             B7                              D            E
Mary stays behind and starts cleaning up the place

   A                 D
Oh Mary, she moves behind me
               A                 E
She leaves her fingerprints everywhere
               A                          D
Every time the snow drifts, every way the sand shifts
              A                         E
Even when the night lifts, she's always there

D                   E                         A
Jesus says Mother I couldn't stay another day longer
D                           E             A
Flies right by me, leaves a kiss upon her face
          D                      E                     A
While the angels are singin' his praises in a blaze of glory
             B7                              D            E
Mary stays behind and starts cleaning up the place

   A                       D                        A
Oh Mary, you're covered in roses, you're covered in ruin
                  E
You're covered in secrets
                  A                           D
You're covered in treetops, you're covered in birds
                       A                 E
Who can sing a million songs without any words
          A                          D
You cast aside the sheets, you cast aside the shroud
    A                                E
Of another man, who served the world proud
           A                     D
You greet another son, you lose another one
        A                        E
On some sunny day and always you stay
                 A
Always you stay, Mary, Mary, Mary
D    A
Lala Lalalala.....