Taken from the Joe Purdy album. Capo 4th fret Standard tuning Chords used (relative to capo): D - XX0232 G - 320033 G/F# - 200033 Em7 - 022033 A7sus4 - X02033 Intro - D - G - G/F# - Em7 x2 D G G/F# Em7 It was a fine day in the fifth grade D G G/F# Em7 when Mary May let Bobby walk her home from school D G G/F# Em7 A7sus4 he had her books in hand and he was listening to every word she said D G G/F# Em7 A7sus4 like it was the gospel of the prophecies Em7 G/F# G A7sus4 and he loved the way her hair fell across her dress Em7 G/F# went home singing who wrote the book of love G A7sus4 and try a little tenderness D - G - G/F# - Em7 x2 D G G/F# the next day on the playground Em7 A7sus4 D G G/F# Em7 A7sus4 bobby sat Mary down on the swingset behind the sandbox Em7 G/F# G A7sus4 and she said, Bobby i just wanna play Em7 G/F# G A7sus4 so what is it you have to say? Chorus: D Em7 G A7sus4 He said, mary, marry me. D Em7 G A7sus4 we could live out by the sea D Em7 G A7sus4 like they do on the movie screen. D Em7 G A7sus4 oh, marry me, mary may, before you go back to play D - G - G/F# - Em7 x2 D G G/F# Em7 It was graduation day. D G G/F# Em7 A7sus4 They were waiting on a plane to take Mary away. D G G/F# Em7 A7sus4 Said, "There's nothing left for me here but you. Em7 G/F# G A7sus4 Bobby, I hope that you can find yourself through. D G G/F# Em7 A7sus4 There's so much that I wish to know, D G G/F# Em7 A7sus4 and I have to do this on my own D G G/F# Em7 A7sus4 and I hope that you can understand. Em7 G/F# G A7sus4 Bobby, write me when you can. D G G/F# Em7 He said, "Take my high school ring, A7sus4 D G G/F# Em7 A7sus4 so time to time now you can think of me Em7 G/F# G A7sus4 and there's just one more thing before you leave..." D Em7 G A7sus4 He said, mary, marry me. D Em7 G A7sus4 we could live out by the sea D Em7 G A7sus4 like they do on the movie screen. D Em7 G A7sus4 oh, marry me, mary may, before you up and fly away D - G - G/F# - Em7 - A7sus4 x3 D - G - G/F# - Em7 (keep strumming Em7 for A couple more beats) D G G/F# Em7 There's so much time has passed since that day D G G/F# Em7 and Mary stopped writing years ago D G G/F# Em7 and Bobby never took his music on the road. D G G/F# Em7 Guess he never really gave up hope. D G G/F# Em7 A7sus4 Now Mary she's got everything she thought she wanted D G G/F# Em7 A7sus4 got a Ph.D., she is an independent business woman D G G/F# climbing up the corporate ladder Em7 A7sus4 though it really don't seem to matter, D G G/F# Em7 A7sus4 she is lonely beyond belief. Em7 G/F# G So one day she went home A7sus4 Em7 G/F# G A7sus4 (strum A couple of times) looking for the only love she'd ever known. D G G/F# Em7 She found him once again, D G G/F# Em7 playing a circuit at the Holiday Inn, A7sus4 D G G/F# still singing the song about the one he lost Em7 long ago. A7sus4 D G G/F# Em7 A7sus4 Just goes to show, you never know. Em7 G/F# G She took his hand in hers A7sus4 Em7 G/F# G A7sus4 not everything she had planned and rehearsed. D Em7 G She said, "Bobby, marry me. A7sus4 D Em7 G We could live in a apartment building with a window view. A7sus4 D Em7 We could take in movies on the weekend G A7sus4 while planning our vacation. D Em7 Take a honeymoon by the sea. G A7sus4 D G G/F# Em7 Oh Bobby, won't you just marry me? A7sus4 D G G/F# Em7 Won't you just marry me? A7sus4 D G G/F# Em7 A7sus4 Oh please, marry me." D - G - G/F# - Em7 (keep strumming Em7 for A couple more beats) D G G/F# Em7 It was a fine day in the fifth grade D G G/F# Em7 when Mary May let Bobby walk her home from school
