Sonata Arctica
Mary-Lou
Tabbed by xxShredderxx1

VERSE 1

C#m	       E           A
Mamas put your babies to sleep,
B		          A	  B
story too cruelsome for them this is.
C#m	       E           A
In Junior High she said goodbye,
B			A	   B
to her parents and ran away with a boy.
    F#m       E      B       C#m
She left her family warm and kind,
F#m            E                 B            C#m
all of her friends said "You?re out of your mind".
B			  C#m
Life of her own she would find,
     F#m                    A     Ab
it?s Monday and she?s gotta grind.

VERSE 2

C#m		        E            A
A job as a waitress she sure was to find,
B		 A         B
beautiful face, mind of a child.
C#m		      E         A
Boy got her pregnant, Mary-Lou cried,
B			     A	        B
"For this I am too young oh why did you lie?"
    F#m         E          B     C#m
You said "It?s okay if we do it today",
F#m       E               B        C#m
I was so scared that you would go away.
B			     C#m
"Despite all the papers been signed,
F#m                      A         Ab
mama take me back be so kind".

CHORUS

C#m     B                   E
Only a child, reckless and wild,
              A     B     C#m
needs to come home again.
                B               A     E    B   C#m
He promised the moon but won?t marry you.
           B              E
Nothing to do, eating for two,
            A           E   C#m
he?s goin? out with someone new.
             B                  F#m
Sunshine or rain, it?s all the same,
           E       B    C#m
life isn?t gray oh Mary-Lou.

VERSE 3

C#m	        E             A
Mamas do your children still sleep,
B		      A         B
in the safe of their cradles so sweet.
C#m		     E       A
Story I told you I have foreseen,
B			 A         B
your little angel ain?t always so clean.
F#m      E           B       C#m
Days to come aren?t easy to see,
F#m	 E             B        C#m
you can change ?em but it isn?t free.
B			  C#m
I see that you don?t believe,
F#m          E   B    C#m
ooo-oo, but you will see.

CHORUS

C#m     B                   E
Only a child, reckless and wild,
              A     B     C#m
needs to come home again.
                B               A     E    B   C#m
He promised the moon but won?t marry you.
           B              E
Nothing to do, eating for two,
            A           E   C#m
he?s goin? out with someone new.
             B                  F#m
Sunshine or rain, it?s all the same,
           E       B    C#m
life isn?t gray oh Mary-Lou.

SOLO

CHORUS

C#m     B                   E
Only a child, reckless and wild,
              A     B     C#m
needs to come home again.
                B               A     E    B   C#m
He promised the moon but won?t marry you.
           B              E
Nothing to do, eating for two,
            A           E   C#m
he?s goin? out with someone new.
             B                  F#m
Sunshine or rain, it?s all the same,
           E       B    C#m
life isn?t gray oh Mary-Lou.

CHORUS

C#m     B                   E
Only a child, reckless and wild,
              A     B     C#m
needs to come home again.
                B               A     E    B   C#m
He promised the moon but won?t marry you.
           B              E
Nothing to do, eating for two,
            A           E   C#m
he?s goin? out with someone new.
             B                  F#m
Sunshine or rain, it?s all the same,
           E       B    C#m
life isn?t gray oh Mary-Lou.