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MARY LOU

Words and Music by Abe Lyman, George Waggner, J. Russel Robinson - 1926

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
G           C	G          D7	G          D7	G          D7
G	-           D7    G	-	D7
G           C	G          D7	G          B7	Em        E7
A7	-	D7	-            G
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
D7	-	G	-
D7	-	G	G7
E7	-	A7	-
D7	-	G	-          Gdim
D7	-	G	-
D7	D+	B7	E7
Am	Cm	G          B7	Em        B7  Em
Am        A7	D7	G	-  (repeat chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

I have some -thing on my mind that I've just got to say,

Mar -y Lou, Mar -y Lou

Just the same old sto -ry in the same old -fash -ioned way,

Mar -y Lou, List -en, do!

 

Chorus:

Mar -y Lou, Mar -y Lou,

Cross my heart I love you!

Ev -'ry bell in the steep -le is read -y to ring,

And all the peo -ple are plan -ning pret -ty pres -ents

All for you, Mar -y Lou,

Won't you give your prom -ise true?

Why for miles a -round they're wait -ing to start their cel -e -brat -ing,

when you say "I do," Mar -y Lou!

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Sound Clip:

Listen to Jim play "Mary Lou" on the plectrum banjo (290k mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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