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RE SOL LA7 RE
Well, your railroadgate, you know I just can't jump it.
SOL RE LA7
Sometimes it gets so hard, you see.
RE SOL LA7 RE SIm
I'm just sitting here beating on my trumpet,
FA#m RE LA7
with all these promises you left for me.
SOL LA7 RE
But where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
RE SOL LA7 RE
Well, I waited for you when I was half sick.
SOL RE LA7
Yes I waited for you when you hated me.
RE SOL LA7 RE SIm
Well, I waited for you inside of the frozen traffic
FA#m RE LA7
When you knew I had some other place to be.
SOL LA7 RE
Now, where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
SIb RE
Well, anybody can be just like me, obviosly,
SIb RE LA7
But then, now again, not too many can be like you, fortunately.
RE SOL LA7 RE
Well, six white horses that you did promise me
SOL RE LA7
Where finaly delivered down to the penitentiary.
RE SOL LA7 RE SIm
But to live outside the law, you must be honest.
FA#m RE LA7
I know you always say that you agree,
SOL LA7 RE
But where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
RE SOL LA7 RE
Now, I been in jail when all my mail showed
SOL RE LA7
That a man can't give his address out to bad company,
RE SOL LA7 RE SIm
And now I stand here lookin' at your yellow railroad
FA#m RE LA7
In the ruins of your balcony,
SOL LA7 RE
Wond'ring where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
SIb RE
Well I don't know how it happened,But the riverboat captain,he knows my fate
SIb RE LA7
But ev'rybody else, even yourself, they're just gonna have to wait.
RE SOL LA7 RE
Well, I got the fever down in my pockets,
SOL RE LA7
The Persian drunkard, he follows me.
RE SOL LA7 RE SIm
Yes, I can take him to your house, but I can't unlock it.
FA#m RE LA7
You see, you forgot to leave me with the key.
SOL LA7 RE
Oh, where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
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