C Am They found mary bellows cuffed to the bedDm G With a rag in her mouth and a bullet in her headF G C G O poor mary bellowsC Am She’d grown up hungry, she’d grown up poorDm G She left her home in arkansasF G C G O poor mary bellowsC Am She wanted to see the deep blue seaDm G She travelled across tennesseeF G C G O poor mary bellowsC Am She met a man along the wayDm G He introduced himself as richard sladeF G C G O poor mary bellowsC Am Poor mary thought that she might dieDm G When she saw the ocean for the first timeF G C G O poor mary bellowsC Am She checked into a cheap little placeDm G Richard slade carried in her old suitcaseF G C G O poor mary bellowsC Am I’m a good girl, sir, she said to himDm G I couldn’t possibly permit you inF G C G O poor mary bellowsC Am Slade tipped his hat and winked his eyeDm G And turned away without goodbyeF G C G O poor mary bellowsC Am She sat on her bed and thought of homeDm G With the sea breeze whistling all aloneF G C G O poor mary bellowsC Am In hope and loneliness she crossed the floorDm G And undid the latch on the front doorF G C G O poor mary bellowsC Am They found her the next day cuffed to the bedDm G A rag in her mouth and a bullet in her headF G C G O poor mary bellowsC Am So mothers keep your girls at homeDm G Don’t let them journey all aloneC Am Tell them this world is full of dangerDm G And to shun the company of strangersF G C G O poor mary bellowsF G C G O poor mary bellows
The Kindness Of Strangers
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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