TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY: EVERLY BROTHERS (B. & F. Bryant) 4/4 - 120 | |: Measure of 4-counts |./. |: Repeat the previous Chord and Maesure +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++INTRO: |./. | THESE ARE THE WORDS OF A FRONTIER LAD, WHO LOST HIS LOVE, | | | WHEN HE TURNED BA - D. -------------------------------------------------------------------------1: d|2 - - -|2 - - -| |./. | | | TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY, BUT DON’T TELL HER WHERE I AM. |./. | | TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY, BUT DON’T SAY I’M IN A JAM. | | YOU CAN TELL HER I HAD TO SEE THE WORLD, | | OR TELL HER THAT MY SHIP SET SAIL. | | | |./. YOU CAN SAY SHE BETTER NOT WAIT FOR ME, BUT DON’T TELL HER I’M IN JAIL. | | | OH DON’T TELL HER I’-M IN JAIL. -------------------------------------------------------------------------2: |./. | | | TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY, BUT DON’T TELL HER WHAT I’VE DONE. |./. | | PLEASE DON’T MENTION THE STAGECOACH, AND THE SHOT FROM A CARELESS GUN. | | | | YOU CAN TELL HER I HAD TO CHANGE MY PLANS, AND CANCEL OUT THE WEDDING DAY. | | | |./. BUT PLEASE DON’T MENTION MY LONELY CELL, WHERE I’M GONNA PINE A-WAY. | | | UN-TIL MY DY-ING DAY. -------------------------------------------------------------------------3: |./. | | | TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY, BUT DON’T TELL HER ALL YOU KNOW. |./. | | MY HEART’S ACH-IN’ FOR MARY, LORD KNOWS I MISS HER SO. | | | | JUST TELL HER I WENT TO TIMBUKTU, TELL HER I’M SEARCHIN’ FOR GOLD. | | | |./. YOU CAN SAY SHE BETTER FIND SOMEONE NEW, TO CHERISH AND TO HOLD. | | | OH LORD, THIS CE-LL IS COLD. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++OUTRO: |./. | |./. | | | | MA - RY, MA - RY, OH LORD THIS CE-LL IS CO-LD. This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. Have fun, DAIRYBEAT on: