Chords for Smiley Bates Bringing Mary Home

_ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Bm] I was driving down a lonely road [E] on a dark and stormy night _
When a little [G] girl by the roadside showed up in my headlights
_ I stopped and she got in the [E] back and [B]
in a shaky tone
She [A] said, my [F#] name is Mary, [F#m] [B] please won't you take [E] me home
_ She [A] _ [B] _ must have been so frightened [A] all alone there in [E] the night
There _ _ [B] was something strange about her, [A] come her face was [B] deathly white
_ _ She _ [E] sat so pale and quiet in the back seat [B] all _ alone
_ I _ [A] _ never [F#] will forget the [B] night that I took [E] Mary home
_ Hopped [A] _
[B] _ _ into the driveway [A] where she told [E] me to go
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Got out to help her from the car [A] and opened [E] up the [B] door _ _ _
But [E] I just could not believe my eyes, the back seat [B] it was _ there
_ I _ [A] _ looked all [F#] _ _ _ [B] around but Mary _ [E] wasn't there
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[A#] [B] A light shone from the porch, _ [A] someone _ opened [E] the _ _ _ _ door
[B] As I walked toward the house _ [A] I wondered more [B] and more
_ What _
_ [E] happened to that little girl so frightened and [B] _ forlorn
_ _ _ _ [A] Could I have [F#] just been dreaming, _ [B] _ bringing Mary [E] home
_ I _ [A] _
[A#] _ [B] walked up to the lady [F#m] who was standing [E] in the door _
_ _ _ _ And [B] asked about the little girl [F#m] that I [B] was looking for
_ _ She _ [E] gently smiled in with her hands, she brushed the [B] tear away _
_ And _ _ [A] said it [F#] sure was nice of you [B] to go out [E] of your _ way
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[F#] [B] But thirteen years ago today [A] in the wreck just [E] down the road
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Our darling Mary lost her life [A] and we [B] miss her so
_ Oh _ [E] _ thank you for your troubles and the kindness [B] you have shown
_ _ You're _ [A] the thirteenth [F#] one who's been here [B] bringing Mary home
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