Artist:  Hal Ketchum
Song:  I Miss My Mary

Chords:  EADGBe
G:       320003
Gsus4:   320013
C:       x32010
D:       xx0232
Em:      022000

Note:  A "|" symbol denotes a measure break

Intro: | G Gsus4 | G Gsus4 | G Gsus4 | G (tacet)

                 C                       G
A threadbare alibi, a lifetime full of promise
                                                      D
Fell from my Mary's eyes as she saw the screen door swing
     C          G             Em             C   G
The baby never woke, he lay cradled in her trembling
                        C              D              G Gsus4 | G (tacet)
He lay safe and never knowing what my leaving would bring


                           C                       G
I draw my pay down on the docks, I send it off to Mary
                                                        D
I might hold back a dollar and was this pain out of my back
         C                   G                    Em                 C G
But the pain keeps getting clearer and Mary your face just keeps on fading
                                   C           D                 G
Now the light shines through this bottle, memories all fade to black

                          C
     CHORUS:  Well, I'll see you out on the street tonight
            G (tacet)         G (tacet)
     I'm a lover of a drink, lover of a fight
      C                                    G
     Hold my own on the dark side of this town
               C
     Yes, I'm tough as nails, got a heart of steel
             G                            Em
     I will never fear, for I will never feel
         C                                   D (tacet)
     And one more round would surely set me right
                       G
     I miss my Mary tonight


     INSTRUMENTAL: | G | G | C | C | D | C | G Gsus4 | G |

                                  C                              G
They call me the old man in this bar, my sleeves rolled up and showing
                                                D
Faint blue souvenirs of love and places I have been
C                G              Em                 C G
One says, "U.S. Navy," and this one says "Darling Mary"
                         C             D                  G
Now, my Mary's turned to ashes and the ocean's turned to gin

     CHORUS, then:

           C                                   D (tacet)
     Yeah, one more round would surely set me right
                       G
     I miss my Mary tonight

     INSTRUMENTAL, then end on G