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Pretty Mary K by Elliott Smith
Pretty Mary K
Bm A G D
Pretty Mary K walks along the dock
Bm A G D
with some sailor's pay shoved down in her sock.
D F#m C G D
Pretty Mary K, with some little boy in blue
D G Bm A D
Who can't stay away from you.
Bm A G D
Pretty Mary K took him back to town.
Bm A G
I'm down here by the bay,
D
where the water pounds.
D F#m C G D
Up against the wall, crying black and blue
D G Bm A D
Keeps me away from you.
(riff:
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Bm Bb D
Pretty words that you whisper, (riff)
Bm Bb D
Maybe I misunderstood.
Bm Bb D C
G
Somebody's not paying attention when they promised and their word
Gm
Isn't good.
Bm A G D
Oh, Mary K, I can see your face.
Bm A G D
Down there in the waves, painted and erased.
D F#m
But I know it's just
C G D
a reflection of the moon,
D G Bm A D
A big fake resembling you.
(riff) (riff)
Bm Bb D Bm Bb
D
Gonna go down in the water, fill my mouth up full of sand.
(riff)
Bm Bb D C G
I'll be waiting still impatient with my dead imagination
G Gm
while you're with some other man.
Bm A G D
Pretty Mary K, off in somebody's room.
Bm A
I'm down here by the bay
G D
with my arm around the moon.
D F#m
But I'll be with you soon,
C G
just as soon as I've paid.
D G F#m A D
I walk across the water with Pretty Mary K.
D G Bm A D
Walk on the water with Pretty Mary K.
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version 2
Open D tuning (DADF#AD)
Intro:
|----------------|
|--4----4---4---3s4
|-----3---3---3--|
|--4---4---4---4-| x4
|2---2---2---2---|
|----------------|
Verse: When going back to the verse:
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--4----4---4---4|--4----4---4---5|--5----5---5---5|--5----5---5----|
|-----3---3---3--|-----3---3---5--|-----5---5---5--|-----0---0------|
|--4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---6-|--5---5---5---5-|--0---0---0-----|
|2---2---2---4---|----------------|----------------|5-------5---0-1-|
|----------------|4---4---4---6---|5---5---5---5---|----0-----------|
Going into the chorus:
|-----------5---4|
|--5----5--------|
|-----0---0---0--|
|--0---0---0---0-|
|5-------5---5---|
|----0-----------|
Chorus:
|-------4--------|-------4--------|--5----5---5----|--9----9---9----|
|--5--------5---5|--0--------4----|-----3---3---3--|-----5---5---5--|
|-----0---0---0--|-----0---0---0--|----------------|--5-------------|
|--0---0---0---0-|--4---4---4---4-|--5---5---5---5-|--5---5---5---5-|
|5---5---5---5---|4---4---4---4---|3---3---3---3---|7---7---7---7---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-------5--------|----------------|-------0--------|
|--5----5---5---5|--5--------5---5|-------4---4---4|--0--------0----|
|-----3---3---3--|-----5---5---5--|-----3---3---3--|-----0---0------|
|--4---4---4---4-|--5---5---5---5-|--4---4---4---4-|--0---0---0-----|
|5---5---5---0---|----------------|----------------|----0-------0-1-|
|----------------|5---5---5---5---|4---4---2---2---|0-------0-------|
Bridge:
|----------------|-------0--------|
|--2----2—-1----1|--0--------0----|
|-----0-------0--|-----0---0------|
|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0-----|x2
|2---2---1---1---|0---0---0---0-1-|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|--2----2--1----1|--0----0--2----2|
|-----0-------0--|-----0-------2--|
|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---3---3-|
|2---2---1---1---|0---0---4---4---|
|----------------|----------------|
into verse:
|----------------|--------------0-|--2---4---5-4-2-|0-------|
|--5----5---5---5|--5----5---0----|----------------|--4----4|
|-----5---5---5--|-----4---4--6---|----------------|-----3--|
|--5---5---5---5-|--5---5---5-----|----------------|--4---4-|
|----------------|----------------|------------0-1-|2---2---|
|5---5---5---5---|5---5---5-----5-|----------------|--------|
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