Chords for Townes Van Zandt - MARIE - HQ Sound

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[Bm] Well, I stood in line and left my name, took about [A] six hours [B] or so. _ _ _
_ _ Man, [E] just [Bm] grin like it was all a game, said they'd let me know.
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[Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] I put [E] in my time till the Pocono line shut [D] down two years [E] ago.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] I [Bm] stand at the mission till I met Marie, and I can't stay there no more. _ _ _ _ _
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A fella fell across town, said he was looking for a man, moved some old cars around. _ _
_ _ _ _ Maybe me and Marie could find a burned out van and do a little settling down.
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[E] But I'm just dreaming I ain't got no ride, and the [D] junkyard's a pretty good [E] waste. _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] The job's about a half week old, besides, I'll be gone [A] now anyway.
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Unemployment says I got no more checks, and they showed me to [D] the hall.
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My brother died in Georgia some time ago, I got no [A] one left [Bm] to call. _ _ _
_ _ [E] Well, summer wasn't bad below the bridge, a little short [F#] on food, that's _ [E]
all.
_ _ _ _ [C#] Now [Bm] I gotta get Marie some kind of coat, we're headed down [A] into fall.
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I used to play the mouth harp pretty good, [Bm] _
used to hustle up [A] a little dough.
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_ _ _ _ I got drunk and I woke up rolled a couple of months [A] ago.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] Well, I got my harp and I got my dollar, them [A] lowlife so-and [E]-sos. _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] Harps cost money and I ain't got it, [A] it's my own fault I [Bm] suppose.
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_ _ Poconos down but the Chesapeake's running, [B] two [A] freights every day.
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[E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ If it's just me I'd be headed south, but [A] Marie can't catch no [Bm] train.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] There she got some pain and she thinks it's a baby, says [D] we gotta wait and [E] see. _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] In my [Bm] heart I know _ it's a little boy, oh we don't end [A] up like [Bm] me. _
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Well, the man's still grinning, said he lost my file, I gotta stand in line again. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I wanna kill him but I just say no, I had enough of [A] that line, my friend.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ I [E] head back to the bridge, it's getting kind of cold, I'm feeling [D] too low down to [Em] lie. _ _ _ _
_ [A] [Bm] I guess I'll just tell Marie the truth, hope she don't break down and cry. _ _
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Well, Marie, she didn't wake up this morning, _ she didn't [A] even try.
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She [E] just [B] rolled over and went to heaven, my little [A] boy [Bm] safe inside. _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] [E] I laid him in the sun where somebody'd find him, caught a [D] Chesapeake on the [E] fly.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] [Bm] Oh Marie, you'll know I'm headed south, so as [B] to meet me by and by.
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Oh Marie, you'll know I'm headed south, so as to [A] meet me by and [B] by.
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