Wait For Me Mary-Anne:The Marmalade.
#30 in UK in 1968.
INTRO: E A B (x2) E F# B..A E B E
#1.
E C#m
There's a small town lying by the river..
A B
halfway to nowhere.
E C#m
Where the trains just stop to take on water..
A B
but my girl, she lives there.
E E7
She don't have jewels, she ain't got money..
A B
but she makes my whole world sunny.
E E7 A
Wears no make up on her face..but where she is,
B
well, that's my place.
E F# A B
And I'm going home to my girl..
CHORUS:
E A B E A B
Wait for me Mary-Anne..please, stay free Mary-Anne.
E F# B A
I'm coming home, girl, just as soon as I can..
A
my, my, my Mary-Anne.
E A B E A B
Wait for me Mary-Anne..you will see, Mary-Anne..
E F# B A
that I was born to be your true lovin' man..
A
my, my, my Mary-Anne.
(INTERLUDE:)E A B (x2) E F# B..A E B E..F
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#2.
F Dm Bb
In the city life gets often lonely for a boy
C
making good.
F Dm
And it's hard to keep your sense of values
Bb C
and to do things you should.
F F7 Bb
Girls come easy, try to make you..just as soon
C
they'll try to break you.
F F7 Bb
When the city dulls my eyes..then I'll remember
C F G Bb C
summer skies..and dream of the place..I belong.
CHORUS:
F Bb C F Bb C
Wait for me Mary-Anne..please, stay free Mary-Anne.
F G C Bb
I'm coming home, girl, just as soon as I can..
Bb
my, my, my Mary-Anne.
F Bb C F Bb C
Wait for me Mary-Anne..you will see, Mary-Anne..
F G C Bb
that I was born to be your true lovin' man..
Bb
my, my, my Mary-Anne.
OUTRO:
F Bb C F Bb C
Wait for me Mary-Anne..please, stay free Mary-Anne.
F G C Bb
I'm coming home, girl, just as soon as I can..
Bb
my, my, my Mary-Anne.
F Bb C F Bb C
Wait for me Mary-Anne..you will see, Mary-Anne..
F G C Bb
that I was born to be your true lovin' man..
Bb
my, my, my Mary-Anne..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.