Mary Lou Uke tab by Sonata Arctica

6 Chords used in the song: C#m, E, A, B, F#m, G#

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5.17
(Intermediate)
Key: C#mChords
VERSE 1

C#m C#m E E A A
Mamas put your babies to sleep,
B B A A B B
story too cruelsome for them this is.
C#m C#m E E A A
In Junior High she said goodbye,
B B A A B B
to her parents and ran away with a boy.
F#m F#m E E B B C#m C#m
She left her family warm and kind,
F#m F#m E E B B C#m C#m
all of her friends said "You´re out of your mind".
B B C#m C#m
Life of her own she would find,
F#m F#m A A G# G#
it´s Monday and she´s gotta grind.

VERSE 2

C#m C#m E E A A
A A job as a waitress she sure was to find,
B B A A B B
beautiful face, mind of a child.
C#m C#m E E A A
Boy got her pregnant, Mary-Lou cried,
B B A A B B
"For this I am too young oh why did you lie?"
F#m F#m E E B B C#m C#m
You said "It´s okay if we do it today",
F#m F#m E E B B C#m C#m
I was so scared that you would go away.
B B C#m C#m
"Despite all the papers been signed,
F#m F#m A A G# G#
mama take me back be so kind".

CHORUS

C#m C#m B B E E
Only a child, reckless and wild,
A A B B C#m C#m
needs to come home again.
B B A A E E B B C#m C#m
He promised the moon but won´t marry you.
B B E E
Nothing to do, eating for two,
A A E E C#m C#m
he´s goin´ out with someone new.
B B F#m F#m
Sunshine or rain, it´s all the same,
E E B B C#m C#m
life isn´t gray oh Mary-Lou.

VERSE 3

C#m C#m E E A A
Mamas do your children still sleep,
B B A A B B
in the safe of their cradles so sweet.
C#m C#m E E A A
Story I told you I have foreseen,
B B A A B B
your little angel ain´t always so clean.
F#m F#m E E B B C#m C#m
Days to come aren´t easy to see,
F#m F#m E E B B C#m C#m
you can change ´em but it isn´t free.
B B C#m C#m
I see that you don´t believe,
F#m F#m E E B B C#m C#m
ooo-oo, but you will see.

CHORUS

C#m C#m B B E E
Only a child, reckless and wild,
A A B B C#m C#m
needs to come home again.
B B A A E E B B C#m C#m
He promised the moon but won´t marry you.
B B E E
Nothing to do, eating for two,
A A E E C#m C#m
he´s goin´ out with someone new.
B B F#m F#m
Sunshine or rain, it´s all the same,
E E B B C#m C#m
life isn´t gray oh Mary-Lou.

SOLO

CHORUS

C#m C#m B B E E
Only a child, reckless and wild,
A A B B C#m C#m
needs to come home again.
B B A A E E B B C#m C#m
He promised the moon but won´t marry you.
B B E E
Nothing to do, eating for two,
A A E E C#m C#m
he´s goin´ out with someone new.
B B F#m F#m
Sunshine or rain, it´s all the same,
E E B B C#m C#m
life isn´t gray oh Mary-Lou.

CHORUS

C#m C#m B B E E
Only a child, reckless and wild,
A A B B C#m C#m
needs to come home again.
B B A A E E B B C#m C#m
He promised the moon but won´t marry you.
B B E E
Nothing to do, eating for two,
A A E E C#m C#m
he´s goin´ out with someone new.
B B F#m F#m
Sunshine or rain, it´s all the same,
E E B B C#m C#m
life isn´t gray oh Mary-Lou.

Uke tab by , 20 Aug 2018

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