Marie chords by Townes Van Zandt

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
 Am                Am
e|-----------------------0---------|---------------------------------|
B|-----------1---------------1-----|---------------1-----------------|
G|-----2-------------2-----------2-|-----2-----2---------------------|
D|-------------2-------2-------2---|-------------2-------------------|
A|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|


Verse:
 Am                Am    G    Am
e|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-------1-------1-------1-|-------1-------0-------1---------------1-------1--|
G|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2-------0-------2---------------2-------2----|
D|-------------------------0h2-----|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0-----------0h3-0----------------|
E|---------0-----------------------|---------3---------------0h3-------------0--------|

 Am                Am    G    Am
e|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-------1-------1-------1-|-------1-------0-------1---------------1-------1--|
G|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2-------0-------2---------------2-------2----|
D|-------------------------0h2-----|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0-----------0h3-0----------------|
E|---------0-----------------------|---------3---------------0h3-------------0--------|

 Dm                Dm    C    Dm
e|-------1-------1-------1-------1-|-------1-------0-------1---------------1-------1--|
B|-----3-------3-------3-------3---|-----3-------1-------3---------------3-------3----|
G|-------------------------0h2-----|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0-----------0h3-0----------------|
A|---------0-----------------------|---------3---------------0h3-------------0--------|
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|

 Am                Am    G    Am
e|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-------1-------1-------1-|-------1-------0-------1---------------1-------1--|
G|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2-------0-------2---------------2-------2----|
D|-------------------------0h2-----|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0-----------0h3-0----------------|
E|---------0-----------------------|---------3---------------0h3-------------0--------|

Verse 1:
Am
I stood in line and left my name
        G    Am
Took about six hours or so
Am
Well, the man just grinned like it was all a game
      G   Am
Said they'd let me know
 Dm
I put in my time till the Pocono line
       C   Dm
Shut down two years ago
   Am
I was staying at the mission till I met Marie
      G       Am
Now I can't stay there no more

Verse 2:
Am
Fella across town said he's looking for a man
         G  Am
To move some old cars around
Am
Maybe me and Marie could find a burned-out van
        G    Am
And do a little settling down
  Dm
But I'm just dreaming, I ain't got no ride
           C       Dm
And the junk-yard's a pretty good ways
   Am
That job's about a half week old besides
       G   Am
It'd be gone now anyway

Verse 3:
Am
Unemployment said I got no more checks
          G    Am
And they showed me to the hall
Am
My brother died in Georgia some time ago
       G    Am
I got no one left to call
Dm
Summer wasn't bad below the bridge
         C      Dm
A little short on food that's all
   Am
Now I gotta get Marie some kind of coat
       G     Am
We're headed down into fall

Verse 4:
Am
I used to play the mouth harp pretty good
       G    Am
Hustled up a little dough
Am
But I got drunk and I woke up rolled
      G   Am
A couple of months ago
   Dm
They got my harp and they got my dollar
       C    Dm
Them low life so and so's
Am
Harps cost money and I ain't got it
      G    Am
It's my own fault, I suppose

Verse 5:
Am
The Pocono's down but the Chesapeake's running
       G  Am
Two freights everyday
Am
If it was just me, I'd be headed south
        G    Am
But Marie can't catch no train
   Dm
She's got some pain and she thinks it's a baby
       C    Dm
Says we gotta wait and see
   Am
In my heart I know it's a little boy
       G      Am
Hope he don't end up like me

Verse 6:
Am
Well, the man's still grinning says he lost my file
         G  Am
I gotta stand in line again
Am
I want to kill him but I just say no
           G    Am
I had enough of that line my friend
 Dm
I head back to the bridge, its getting kinda cold
         C     Dm
I'm feeling too low down to lie
 Am
I guess I'll just tell Marie the truth
        G       Am
Hope she don't break down and cry

Verse 7:
Am
Marie she didn't wake up this morning
      G  Am
She didn't even try
Am
She just rolled over and went to Heaven
       G   Am
My little boy safe inside
 Dm
I laid them in the sun where somebody'd find them
       C      Dm
Caught a Chesapeake on the fly
Am
Marie will know I'm headed south
        G   Am
So's to meet me by and by

Outro:
Am
Marie will know I'm headed south
       G    Am
So to meet me by and by

Outro:
 Am                Am
e|---------------0----------------0-----0----------0--|
B|---------1--3-----3--1----------1-----0---------1---|
G|-----2------------------2-------2-----0-------2-----|
D|-------2------------------------2-----0-----2-------|
A|-0---------------------------0--------0---0---------|
E|-----------------------------------3----------------|

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