Am                                               F
          She lived on a curve in the road, in an old tar-paper shack 
Am                                                     F
          On the south side of the town, on the wrong side of the tracks 
C                               G
          Sometimes on the way into town we'd say: 
           F
          "Mama, can we stop and give her a ride?" 
Am                           G               F
           Sometimes we did but her hands flew from her side 
F                          G     Am
           Wild eyed, crazy Mary 
 
F           G           Am 

Am                                 F
           Down along the road, past the Parson's place 
Am                           F
           The old blue car we used to race 
C                    G                       F
           Little country store with a sign tacked to the side 
                      Am                                            F 
     Said "No L-O-I-T-E-R-I-N-G allowed"
Am                                                           F
           Underneath that sign always congregated quite a crowd 
 
 
Am                                    G            F
           Take a bottle, drink it down           pass it around 
Am                                    G            F
           Take a bottle, drink it down           pass it around 
Am                                    G            F
           Take a bottle, drink it down           pass it around 
 
A
           One night thunder cracked mercy backed outside her windowsill 
D
           Dreamed I was flying high above the trees, over the hills 
A
           Looked down into the house of Mary 
Em                      E    D
           Bare bulb blown, newspaper-covered walls 
A
           and Mary rising up above it all 
 
A      D A D
Ah.... 
A     A G A
Ah... 
F     E
Ah... 
 
Am
           Next morning on the way into town 
F
           Saw some skid marks, and followed them around 
Am                                          F                        Am A
           Over the curve,through the fields, into the house of Mary 
 
                              G                                F
           That WHAT you fear the most, could meet you halfway 
                              G                                F
           That WHAT you fear the most, could meet you halfway 
 
 
Am                                    G            F
           Take a bottle, drink it down           pass it around 
Am                                    G            F
           Take a bottle, drink it down           pass it around 
Am                                    G            F
           Take a bottle, drink it down           pass it around