[Note: the record is somewhere between Bb and B; notated here in Bb.]
Intro [a cappella; chords implied]:
SIb DO7 MIbm6 SIb
Marianne, Marianne, Marianne, Marianne
(guitar)
LA SOL#
/ /
Gm [4X; 2nd guitar enters 2nd time; bass 3rd time]
/ / / / / / / /
Verse 1:
DOm DOm/FA FA
Whoa-ho-ho here I am on my knees again
SIb SOLm
I'll do anything just to make it right
DOm RE7
Say you'll understand, oh I know you can
SOLm
C'mon Marianne
Verse 2:
No matter what people say, it didn't happen that way
She was a passing fling and not a permanent thing
Say you'll understand, oh I know you can
SOLm
C'mon Marianne (baby)
MIb
C'mon Marianne (baby)
DO#dim
C'mon Marianne (baby)
SIb RE7 SOLm RE7
Say you can understand
SOLm
My Marianne, Marianne, Marianne, Marianne
[key changes DOWN to F#m]
FA#m
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
Verse 3:
SIm SIm/MI MI
Well now your big brown eyes are all full of tears
LA FA#m
From the bitterness of my cheatin' years
SIm DO#7
So I hang my head, wish that I was dead
FA#m
C'mon Marianne (baby)
RE
C'mon Marianne (baby)
DOdim
C'mon Marianne (baby)
LA DO#7 FA#m DO#7
Say you can understand
FA#m
My Marianne (baby)
RE
C'mon Marianne (baby)
DOdim
C'mon Marianne (baby)
Coda:
(guitar w/bass and tympani):
LA SI7/LA
v v v v v v v v
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----------6-7-9--9--7--6--|----------8-9-11-11-9--8--
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Marianne Marianne
REm6/LA LA
v v v v v v v v
----------7-9-10-10-9-7---|----------5-7-9--9--7--5--
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----------7-9-10-10-9-7---|----------6-7-9--9--7--6--
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Marianne Marianne ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ omit 1st time
(2-bar drum fill)
[full band enters; repeat above to fade]
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