My Maria:B.W. Stevenson.
#1 Adult Contemporary and #9 Rock 
charts in 1973.

        (Orig. Key is E) (Capo 2nd fret.)

INTRO: D A G (x2)

#1.
   D (xx0232@1)   AG
My Maria...
G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)         GDon't (320003@1)you know I've come a long, long, way?
D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)                  DI (xx0232@1)been longin' to see her..when she's around 
          A (x02220@1)       Gshe (320003@1)takes my blues away.

#2.
      D (xx0232@1)   AG
Sweet Maria...
             D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)      Gthe (320003@1)sunlight surely hurts my eyes.
D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)    G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)    GI'm (320003@1)a lonely dreamer, on a highway in the skies.

CHORUS:
      D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)       DMar...i...i...i...i...i.i.i.i...ia, (xx0232@1)
      D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)    
Mar...i...i...i...i...ia, I love you.

D A G (x2)

#3.
   D (xx0232@1)    AG
My Maria...
                D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)      Gthere (320003@1)were some blue and sorrowed times.
D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)      G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)      GJust (320003@1)my thoughts about you, bring back my peace of mind.

#4.
      D (xx0232@1)   AG
Gypsy lady...
         D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)      Gyou're (320003@1)a mircle work for me.
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)    G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)    GYou (320003@1)set my soul free, like a ship sailing on the sea.

#5.
A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)       GShe (320003@1)is the sunlight when skies are gray.
A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)  DA GShe (320003@1)treats me so right, lady, take me away.

CHORUS:

         D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)       DMy (xx0232@1)Mar...i...i...i...i...i.i.i.i...ia, 
      D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)    
Mar...i...i...i...i...ia, I love you.

         D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)       DMy (xx0232@1)Mar...i...i...i...i...i.i.i.i...ia, 
      D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)    
Mar...i...i...i...i...ia, I love you.

         D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)       DMy (xx0232@1)Mar...i...i...i...i...i.i.i.i...ia, 
      D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)    
Mar...i...i...i...i...ia, I love you.


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