Credit to Daniel Smith: http://users.adelphia.net/~egsmith/picking/mymaria.htm
Open D Tuning: DADF#AD (low-to-high)
INTRO:
F#m A E
+ + + + + + + +
e:---------^2-------------|-------------------------------------|
B:-^4--^4--^2---------2---|---------2---------------------------|
G:-^3--^3--^2h3-2h3p2-2---|---------2-----------------------2---|
D:-^4--^4--^2---2-----2h4-|---------4---2h4p2---------------2---|
A:-^4--^4--^0---------2---|---------2---------5---4h5p4-2-------|
E:--------------------2---|---------2---------------------------|
F#m A E D#+
+ + + + + + + + + + + +
e:---------2-------------|-------------2p1-----------------|---------------------------|
B:-0---0---2---------2---|-----2---2-------2---------------|---------------------2-----|
G:-0---0---2h3-2h3p2-2---|-----2---2---------0-------------|------------------0--0--0--|
D:-2h4-4---2---2-----2h4-|-----4---4-----------2p1-------4-|-2h4-----2h4p2-1--1--1--0--|
A:-4---4---0---------2---|---------2---------------4-2-4---|------------------2--2--0--|
E:-------------------2---|---------------------------------|------------------1--1--1--|
This is the MARIA figure:
+ + + + + + + + +
e:---1-|-2---1---------1-|-2---1-----------|
B:---2-|-2---2---------2-|-2---2-----------|
G:-----|-----------------|-----------------|
D:-----|-----------------|-----------------|
A:-----|-----------------|-----------------|
E:-----|-----------------|-----------------|
The ending is the intro with ad-lib, then simply play this:
I sing for my Maria
D C#5 F#m
+ + + + + + + +
e:-----------------|---------4-------|
B:---------4---4---|-----------------|
G:-0---0---7---7---|-------3---------|
D:-0---0---6---6---|-----4-----------|
A:-0---0---4---4---|---4-------------|
E:-0---0-----------|-4---------------|
LYRICS:
play intro
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/martin_sexton/my_maria_tab.html ]
D E Esus4 D#+
Oh my Ma - ri - a
D E Esus4 D#+
Seems you got me in your spell once more
D E Esus4 D#+
Must be there's a storm on the way
D C#5 F#m E
You taught me to know when you're near
D C#5 F#m
Mmmm...
In your glance recall my shady days of youth
Stealing altar wine and microphones
Not so blindly fueling my need
As rock and roll fueled my dreams
D C#5 D#+
You know rock and roll fueled my dreams yeah
BRIDGE 1
E E#º F#m
Back then you saw me as this child in great need of the wildest sin
E D#+
How sweet your grace I stumbled in
E E#º
And how completely you waved as I laughed in your face
F#m E D#+
Oh my Maria
F#m E D#+
Oh my Maria
play MARIA figure
Oh my Maria
how you stood for strength and sanity
Now there is someone poking holes in thee
I see now why you've called me near
D C#5 D#+
Maria my song can you hear
BRIDGE 2
D
I know you see the silence on the sidewalk and the anger in the street
D#+
And the voices of all these children coming up to my feet
E E#º F#m
And we sing your song in vain as some preacher sees his reign come down
E D#+
Maria
F#m E D#+
Oh my sweet Maria
E E#º
In the silence on the hill you know I'll be dreamin' of you still
F#m E D#+
Now the one Maria
F#m E D#+
Oh my Maria
play MARIA figure
Maria
Maria
VOCAL SOLO
F#m E D#+
F#m E D#+
F#m E D#+
F#m E D#+
play verse chords
Hmmm...
Hmmm...
Hmmm...
D C#5 F#m D#+
I sing for my Maria
play ending
I sing for my Maria
CHORDS:
D 000000
D#+ 12102x
E 222222
Esus4 222422
F#m 444304
E#º 32322x
C#5 x4674x
