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They Call The Wind Maria
Words by Alan Jay Lerner, Music by Frederick Loewe - 1951
Verse:
G - - -
- Em          D7 G -
-               D7 G - -
- Em Bm C          D7
G C            D7 G -
Chorus:
Em - Bm -
Em          Bm Am7       D7 G -   (D7 repeat all)
8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
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Verse:
Away out here they got a name for wind, and rain and fire.
The rain is Tess, the fire is Joe,  And They Call The Wind Maria.
Maria blows the stars around,  And sends the clouds aflyin'.
Maria makes the mountan sound like folks were up there dyin'.
(Folks were up there dyin')
 
Chorus:
Maria!  Maria!
They Call The Wind Maria!
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Listen to the Kingston Trio perform "They Call The Wind Maria" (mp3)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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