Mary Would Have Wanted It That Way
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: Sem capotraste
Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpvM1iIipK8&t=3s
Key D no capo
[Intro]
D Bm G D Em A D D
[Verse 1]
D Bm G D
The fever took my Mary on the eighth of January
Em A D
So, I laid her to rest in Santa Fe
Bm G D
I planned to sell her rings to pay for everything
Em A A7
D Bm G D
And I made little Johnny a bed in our old Chevy
Em A D
And told him everything would be ok
D7 G D
I told him that mommy had gone to live with Jesus
Em A D
Cause Mary would have wanted it that way
[Chorus]
D G D
When Johnny fell asleep I struck out for Tennessee
Em A D
At times I'd cry so hard I couldn't drive
D7 G D
But God found me traveling down a lonely Texas highway
Em G D
Trying to smile for Johnny with Mary on my mind
[Verse 2]
Bm G D
When we got to Texarkana my pockets needed money
Em A D
So I sold Mary's old blue Chevrolet
Bm G D
It was hard to sell the car she worked so hard to pay for
Em A A7
But I knew that she'd have done the same
D Bm G D
Then we caught a smoking greyhound to take us on to Nashville
Em A D
And the humming of the wheels sang us to sleep
D7 G D
We woke up in Little Rock at a cafe at a truck stop
Em A D
Thankful that we had enough to eat
[Verse 3]
Bm G D
The bus drove down to Jackson and we had to spend the night
Em A D
And that's where he taught his daddy how to pray
Bm G D
We prayed for his mother then we prayed for one another
Em A A7
Mary always wanted me to pray
[Chorus]
D G D
Now all that's left of Mary is her memory and a baby
Em A D
But that's a lot for a Santa Fe DJ
D7 G D
It's enough to make me wanna live and die for little Johnny
Em A D
And Mary would have wanted it that way
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