West Side Story - Maria chords by Soundtracks

Tuning: Half-Step Down (D# G# C# F# A# D#)

Difficulty: Intermediate

To match the original movie recording, you will need to tune down one half step.

C9     x3233x
Dm/C    x3x231
Bb/A    x03331
Cm/G    3x5543
Ab6    4x354x
F/A    11230x
Bb/D    xx0331
Amaj7/C#  x47654
Em7/A   x00000
Em7-5/A  x02333 (double barre)
Eb6/Bb   x11313

Intro:
C9  Em7-5/A D
    Spoken: Maria...
Dm Dm/C   Bb    Bb/A  Cm/G
  The most beautiful sound I ever heard:
 Ab6  F/A      Bb
Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria

Dm    Dm7    Bb/D     Dm
 All the beautiful sounds of the world
   Cm/G
In a single word:
 Fm   F/A      Bb
Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria


Song:
        D
Maria, Maria, Maria!
              Amaj7/C#
I've just met a girl named Maria,
  D       A
And suddenly that name
   Em7     Em7/A
Will never be the same
 Dmaj7
To me


 D
Maria!
               Amaj7/C#
I've just kissed a girl named Maria,
  Bm      F#m
And suddenly I've found
  Bm     F#m
How wonderful a sound
  C#m
Can be!

 G
Maria!
               F#m
Say it loud and there's music playing,
    Am            E
Say it soft and it's almost like praying.
 C9
Maria,
  Em7-5/A        D
I'll never stop saying Maria!
 Amaj7/C#
Maria
D  A
 Maria
Em7 Em7/A Dmaj7
  Maria
  D
Maria

  Amaj7/C#
Maria
 Bm
Maria
 C#m
Maria
  G
Maria
               F#m
Say it loud and there's music playing
    Am            E
Say it soft and it's almost like praying
 C9
Maria
  Em7-5/A        D6
I'll never stop saying Maria
F              Eb6/Bb
 The most beautiful sound I ever heard.
  D
Maria