• Song:

    Marcys Song

  • Artist:

    John Hawkes

Whole version

[Tuning D A D G B e]

[Intro x2]
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[Verse x4]
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Well she, she's just a picture
Who lives, lives on my wall
Well she, she's just a picture 
And the reason, reason, reason it is so small 


[Chorus x2]
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With a smile so inviting
And a body so tall

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Well she, she's just a picture

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Just a picture, that's all


[Verse x4]
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Well you stand there, stand there with the nightshade
Her dripping ripping down your hands
And you ask me, ask me about the lightning
And the lady, lady, lady she understands


[Chorus x2]
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It's a dream for the future and the water for the sands

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And the strangeness is wandering

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Through many calling lands


[Bridge/Intro x4]
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[Verse x4]
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And the caravan it becomes an alter
And the priests, the priests are big as none
And I'll share, share our time together
Until our time together is done


[Chorus x2]
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But your skin it was pretty
And I loved, I loved another one

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Now she, she's like some picture

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That has faded in the sun


[Verse x4]
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Well she, she's just a picture
Who lives, lives on my wall
Well she, she's just a picture 
And the reason, reason, reason it is so small 


[Chorus x2]
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With a smile so inviting
And a body so tall

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Well she, she's just a picture

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Just a picture, that's all

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Just a picture, that's all


[Outro x2]
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