You can pick the 4th and 5th strings back and forth alternating between a C and F
chord position for the into and verses when C is played
Intro:
C
C
She worked that summer in an ice cream stand
C
I'd give dun buggy tours through the sawgrass sand
F G C
I could hardly wait, to take my breaks and talk to you
C
Park on the bluff overlooking the sea
C
Share my pipe and you kiss my cheek
F G C
You said farm boy wont you take me far from here
F C
I'd say Marianne, Marianne
G C
You know I want you so bad
F C
But I just can't leave
G C
This coastal town sand
F C G
But I'll always be right here when you come back
F G C
Oh my sweet, Marianne
C
Even as kids when we'd ride our bikes
C
Even back then I'd watch your eyes
F G C
You were never quite satisfied with the view
C
I was like a boy there holding his kite
C
I loved your colors and seeing you fly
F G C
But I knew there'd come a day I have to let go of you
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F C
I'd say Marianne, Marianne
G C
You know I want you so bad
F C
But I just can't leave
G C
This coastal town sand
F C G
But I'll always be right here when you come back
F G C
Oh my sweet, Marianne
C
F
I'm not saying I don't go crazy
C
Knowing you're not here
F
I'll probly fight again tonight
C
Wake up strung out neath the pier
F
Sometimes when I go driving
C Am
I see you walking on the sand
G
Oh my sweet Marianne
C and F picking 4th and 5th strings
F C
I'd say Marianne, Marianne
G C
You know I want you so bad
F C
But I just can't leave
G C
This coastal town sand
F C G
But I'll always be right here when you come back
F G Am
Oh my sweet, Marianne
F G C
Oh my sweet, Marianne
C
C
Just last night i met a cool girl
C
Up from the city so I took her for a whirl
F G C
She was lovely, oh so lovely, but she wasn't you
C
But I kept your promise and I held her hand
C
We jumped in the ocean and away we swam
F G C
And for the first time I rememeber I didn't think of you
