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Onward Home Mary's Dream by John Warburton
Onward Home Mary's Dream
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:2nd fret
Generally follows this pattern throughout the first half and bits of the second
e|--------------------------|-3------3---1---0-----------|
B|-------0--1---3--------3--|----3-----------------1-----|
G|-2------------0-----0-----|-------------------2-----2--|
D|----2------------0--------|----------------------------|
A|-0------------------------|----------------0-----------|
E|--------------0-----------|-0--------------------------|
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B|-------0--1--3---3--1--0--|----------------------------|
G|-2-------------0----------|-2-----2-------2------2-----|
D|----2---------------------|----2-------------2---------|
A|-0-----------0------------|-0--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-----------3-------------3--|
e|--------------------------|-3-----3--1--0--------------|
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D|----2-----------0---------|-------------0--------------|
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G|-2-----2--2---------------|-2-----2------2------2------|
D|----2---------------------|----2------------2----------|
A|-0-----------0------------|-0--------3-------------3---|
E|--------------------------|----------------------------|
e|--------3--1--0-----------|-------3---1---0----0---0---|
B|--3--3------------1-------|-3--3-----------------------|
G|--0-------------2---2---2-|-0--------------------------|
D|----------------------2---|----------------------------|
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E|--3-----------------------|-3--------------------------|
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D|--------------0-----2-----|-2--2------------2--2-------|
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[Verse 1]
Am G G Am
As I onward go, through the pouring rain,
Am G G Am
Dances in the greens, woodsmoke on the breeze,
Am G G Am
Night it drawing near, and the light is fading
Am G Am
Will I find my way back to you?
[Verse 2]
G Am G Am
It's been 7 years since I held you near me,
G Am Em Am
Draft to go and fight across the sea
G Am G Am
How I hate that man, that recruiting sergeant
Am G Am
Hope I never see his like again.
[Verse 3]
G Am G Am
I hear the cannons roar, the screams of the dying,
G Am Em Am
the ringing of the swords and the crack of guns
G Am G Am
the smell of blood and powder in the air around me
Am G Am
got to find my way back to you.
[Verse 4]
Am G G Am
I walk out from the trees into the village clearing
Am G Am
there's noone around to see me home
Am G G Am
Our cottage it stands there, light streaming from the window
Am G Am
walk into the room and see you there
[Verse 5]
G Am G Am
A young child lies asleep, she must be our mary,
G Am Em Am
grown into a girl since I've been away
G Am G Am
My arms reach out to you, but you do not see me
Am G Am
What is going wrong, I don't understand
[Verse 6]
Am G G Am
Then it all comes back, the bullet piercing through me
Am G Am
my life's blood running out on the ground,
Am G G Am
My soul has made it back to the one who loves me
Am G Am
but my body's lying cold in a foreign field
[Instrumental]
[Verse 7]
Am G C Em Am
Little Mary said to me he's coming home today
Am G C Em Am
Seldom mentioned him before, now he's coming home today
G Am G Am
I could hardly hide my tears, for she was too young to know
Am G C Em Am
he'd been gone for 7 long years. he'd not seen her grow
[Verse 8]
Am G C Em Am
The army took my love away all that time ago,
Am G C Em Am
I cannot tell my child my fears and how I miss him so
G Am G Am
I tucked her into bed that night, kissed her sweet young brow
Am G C Em Am
she looked at me and smiled and said "mam, daddy's coming now"
[Verse 9]
Am G C Em Am
I could not breathe I could not turn but I thought I heard my name
Am G C Em Am
felt a presence close by me but all looked the same
G Am G Am
Mary fell asleep that night her young face reading smiles
Am G C Em Am
whilst I in my lonely bed, lay awake and cried
[Verse 10]
Am G C Em Am
An old maid now I still remain since he went off to war
Am G C Em Am
then my child she dreamed of him walking through the door
G Am G Am
And she swears that on that night he stroked her hair then held me tight
Am G
then faded in the candles light.....
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