D5                                       G5             D5 
There?a blizzard comin?n    How I?wishin? was home 
                                        A5 
For my pony?lame and he can?hardly stand 
       D5                             G5                    D5 
Listen to that Norther sigh    If we don?get home we? die 
         A5                     B5    A5                    D5 
But it?only 7 miles to Mary Ann    Only 7 miles to Mary Ann 
 

D5                                         G5            D5 
You can bet we? on her mind   ?uz it?nearly suppertime 
                                         A5 
And I? bet there?hot biscuits in the pan 
        D5                                        G5              D5 
Lord my hands feel like their froze    There?a numbness in my toes 
            A5                          B5    A5                         D5 
But there?only 5 more miles to Mary Ann    Only 5 more miles to Mary Ann 
 

                                        G5                D5 
That wind?howlin?nd it seems Mighty like a woman?screams 
                               A5 
We best be movin?aster if we can 
          D5                               G5              D5 
Dan, just think about that barn with that hay so soft an warm 
     A5                           B5         A5                          D5 
 It?only 3 more miles to Mary Ann     It?only 3 more miles to Mary Ann 
 
Spoken: 
D5                                     G5               D5 
Dan, get up you ornery cuss or you? be the death of us 
                                         A5 
Well, I?so weary but I? help ya if I can 
                D5                              G5                D5 
Well, all right Dan, perhaps it?best that we stop a while and rest 
      A5                                B5 
We? still a hundred yards from Mary Ann 
     A5                              D5 
It?still a hundred yards to Mary Ann 
 

D5                                                 G5                  D5 
Well late that night the storm was gone and they found him there at dawn 
                                                    A5 
Well, he?a made it but he just couldn?leave old Dan 
           D5                                     G5                  D5 
Yes, they found him there on the plains with his hands froze to the reins 
       A5                               B5 
He was just a hundred yards from Mary Ann 
       A5                                D5 
He was just a hundred yards from Mary Ann