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Mary | guitar tab
By Pete Townshend, 1971
>From Scoop, 1983, and The Lifehouse Chronicles, 2000
Written by Pete Townshend (c)1983 Towser Tunes Inc./Eel Pie Publishing Ltd.

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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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Previously transcribed by Harlan L Thompson 
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transcribed by                             Whotabs
litgo@aol.com          2001-12-25          www.thewho.net/whotabs
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Note: Lifehouse Chronicles version is slightly sped up; Scoop version is standard speed.

Acoustic: Tune down two whole steps (C F Bb Eb G C)
Electric: Standard tuning, capo on 1

(shape for
        acoustic)  Acoustic            Electric
F (133211@1)     (A)        x02220              133211
Fsus2 (xx1341@3) (Asus2)    x02200              x33213  (Fadd9)
Fsus4 (113311@1) (Asus4)    x02230              x33215  (Fadd11)
Bb (x1333x@1)    (D)        xx0232              x13331
B7sus2  (D7sus2)   xx0210              x13111
F6sus2  (A6sus2)   x02202
F7sus2  (A7sus2)   x02203
Fadd5   (Aadd5)    x02225
C6 (03221x@1)    (E)        xx242(0)
C6add9  (E6add9)   xx2422
Gm (355333@1)    (Bm)       x24432              355333
Gmsus2  (Bmsus2)   x24422
C5 (x355xx@1)    (E5)       0224xx              x355xx

[intro pattern; acoustic only]
|F       Fsus4 (113311@1)   |F6sus2     F7sus2         |
|-------------5----|--------------------------|
|---5-5----5-5--5--|----0----0------0-----0---|
|--6---6-----7-7-7-|--11---11---------|
|-7--7----7-7------|-7----7-----9-----9-------|
|0-------0---------|0----0-----0-----0--------|
|------------------|--------------------------|

[verse; acoustic only]
|Fsus2  |F         Fsus4 (113311@1)     |Bb        Bb7sus2 |
 Mary,     you are everything a man could want

|Bb      Bb7sus2 |F     Fsus2 |Fsus4 Fsus2 |
   and I want you Mary
                 [electric ptrn            ][electric out]
                 |F    Fadd9 (135211@1)|Fadd11 F (133211@1)  |
                 |---1-----3--|---5-----1--|--|
                 |--1-----1---|--1-----1---|--|
                 |-2-----2----|-2-----2----|2-|
                 |3-----3-----|3-----3-----|3-|
                 |-----3-----3|-----3------|--|
                 |------------|------------|--|

|F         Gm (355333@1)|F         Fsus4 (113311@1)        |Bb       Bb7sus2
   Did you know, when you pushed me once away from you

|Bb            Bb7sus2    |F         Fsus2|F7sus2 (xx1341@3)F6sus2
    The pain I knew grew inside me
                          [repeat electric pattern]

|Gm         Gmsus2  Gm (355333@1)    Gmsus2    |F     Fsus2 (xx1341@3)Fsus4Fsus2| (113311@1) People are dancing for you now, but I can't see why
[electric]
|Gm                                   |F           F5 (133xxx@1) Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)|
                                      |1------------1----------|
                                      |1-------------1--5------|
                                      |2--------------5--5-----|
                                      |3-----------3------3----|
                                      |3-----------------------|
                                      |1-----------------------|

|Gm         Gmsus2   Gm (355333@1)       Gmsus2  |C6          C6add9
 Can't they see that they can't beat the love that I have for you
[electric]
|Gm                                     |C5

|Fsus2 F6sus2 F7sus2|F          Fsus4 (113311@1)     |Bb        Bb7sus2 |
 Mary,                  you are everything aman (x02210@1)could need
[electric]
|F     Fadd9 (135211@1)      |Fadd11    F (133211@1)          |Bb        Bb7sus2 |
|---1------3--------|---5--------1----------|---1--------1-----|
|--1------1---------|--1--------1-----------|-------------1----|
|-2------2----------|-2--------2------------|--3--------1------|
|3------3-----------|3--------3-------------|-3--------3-------|
|------3-----------3|--------3--------------|1----------------1|
|-------------------|-----------------------|------------------|

|Bb      Bb7sus2 |F        Fsus4|F (113311@1)  Fsus4 (113311@1)  How I need you Mary, yeah,              how I need you
[electric]
|Bb      Bb7sus2 |F       Fadd9 (135211@1)|Fadd11 F (133211@1)          |
|--1-------1-----|---1--------3--|---5---1------------|
|---3-------1----|--1--------1---|--1----1------------|
|-3-------1------|-2--------2----|-2-----2------------|
|3-------3-------|3--------3-----|3------3------------|
|----------------|--------3-----3|--------------------|
|----------------|---------------|--------------------|

[pattern 1]
||: C5    C5 (D# G# D#/G F) :||
||---------------------------||
||---------------------------||
||.-/4---/4-------0---0-----.||
||.-/2---/2---0--2---0----2-.||
||--/2---/2--2--3---2--0-3---||
||----------3----------------||
||[electric]                 ||
||---------------------------||
||---------------------------||
||---------------------------||
||-9/10-9/10\----------------||
||-9/10-9/10\----------------||
||-7/8--7/8-\----------------||

|               %                    |             %             |
  When I look at the hole in your coat, I have to love you more

|                %                    |F             F7sus2  Fsus2|F F7Fadd5 (131241@1)F7|
  I remember when I was a child and my brother slept on the floor
                                      |[electric]
                                      |---------------------------|-------------|
                                      |---------------------------|-------------|
                                      |---------------------------|5--3---------|
                                      |---------------------------|3--1---1-1-1-|
                                      |---------------------------|------------3|
                                      |1--------------------------|-------------|

|[ptrn 1]                                |          %         |
   Though I know that the sun don't shine down on every man

|               %
  But when a woman let my brother down

|F                  Fsus4 (113311@1)|Fsus2   F6sus2       |C5
I swore one day I'd land me,                me one Mary
 [electric]
 |--------------------------|---------------------|----------|
 |--------------------------|---------------------|----------|
 |--------------------------|---------------------|5---------|
 |---3------------------6~-3|---------------------|5---------|
 |--3-----------------------|---------------------|3---------|
 |1-------------------------|---------------------|----------|

[interlude 1; acoustic only; pedal C; approx pedal time]
             Mmmm, land me one Mary
|--------|---------|----------|---------|----------|
|--------|------|------|------|------|
|--------|------|------|------|------|
|--------|------|------|------|------|
|--------|---------|----------|---------|----------|
|0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0|---0-0-0-0|----0-0-0|---0-0-0-0|

[pattern 2; approx. pedal time]
 Bb||:C   F (133211@1)name="chord_x43121@3">Eb                     :||:C   F (133211@1)name="chord_x43121@3">Eb                   Bb:||
---||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||
---||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||
---||.----9\7-------7--------------.||.----9\7-------7--------------.||
-7/||.9---7\5--------------------7/.||.9---7\5--------------------7/.||
-5/||-7---------7/9---10-7-------5/-||-7---------7/9---10-7-------5/-||
0-0||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
[electric; enters after 4 rpts]     ||[riff arranged for electric]   ||
---||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||
---||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||
---||.5----------------------------.||.--------------3--------------.||
---||.5----------------------------.||.----3p0---------1------------.||
-1h||-3--------------------------1h-||-3---------1h3------3~------1h-||
---||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||

Oh, Mary, yeah

[interlude 2; omitted on Scoop version]

[repeat pattern 1]

When I looked at the hole in your coat, I had to love you more
I remember when I was a child, my brother slept on the floor, mmm-mmm
Though I know that the sun don't shine down on every man
But when women put my brother down
I swore one day I'd land, I swore I'd land me Mary

[outro; loose time]
  |C5                                               C5(Mary) (x355xx@1)  |----------------------------------------------0----------|
  |0--------------------------------------0----------|
  |4--------------------------------------4----------|
  |2-----------------------------------------2----------|
  |2---------------------------------------2----------|
  |0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0------------------0----------|
  |[electric]
  |C5                                               C5 (x355xx@1)=============
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