Mary’s Eyes chords by Janis Ian
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (D minor)
Mary's (D major) eyes
Verse 1
(G major)
are startling blue
And her (C major) hair's New (D minor)
castle (C major) gold (D minor) (C major)
And she walks (G major) the thin white line
Between the (D major) body and (D minor) the soul
(C major) She's as (G major) faithful to her history
As a novice (E minor) to his fast (G major)
(E minor) For she is standing (A minor) on the bones (G major)
Of Ireland's (Dsus4) past (D major)
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Verse 2
She is singing (E minor) of the troubles
And a fire (G major) (B minor) in the land
'Til I can (C major) almost feel the (G major) famine
Slipping (Dsus4) through my trembling hand (D major)
(E minor) And I wonder as I hear her
That the spirit (B minor) still shines through (D major)
And she (G major) can (C major) reach across the ocean (E minor) deep
And (A minor) break my (Dsus4) heart (D major) in two (G major)
Interlude 1
(C major) (D minor) (G major) (C major) (D minor)
Verse 3
Mary's wise (G major) as she is foolish
She's as (E minor) constant as the tide
(G major) For (C major) it's a woman's heart
that beat (G major) s beneath
That stubborn (D major) Irish pride
We are saints (G major) and we are sin (D major) ner (G major) s
We are (E minor) heroes (G major) we are thieves (C major) (G major)
(C major) We are all of us begin (G major) ner (E minor) s
(G major) On the (D major) road to Galilee
Verse 4
She is singing (E minor) of the troubles
And a fire (G major) (B minor) in the land
'Til (G major) I can (C major) almost feel the (G major) famine
Slip (E minor) ping (A minor) through my trembling hand (D major)
(E minor) And I wonder as I hear her
That the spirit (B minor) still shines through
And she can (C major) reach across the ocean (E minor) deep
(C major) And break (A minor) my (D major) heart in two (G major)
(F major)
Interlude 2
(C major) (G major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (C major)
Verse 5
So let us hoist (G major) a pint of silence
To the east (E minor) where Ireland lies (G major)
(C major) And we'll stare across the waters (G major)
For (D major) a glimpse (Dsus4) of (D major) Mary's eyes
We are (G major) ships without a harbour (D major)
(G major) We are sailors (E minor) on dry land
(C major) And the song goes on forever
Even though (Dsus4) the record can't
(D major)
Verse 6
She is singing (E minor) of the troubles
And a (G major) fire (B minor) in the land
'Til (C major) I can almost feel the (E minor) famine
Slipping (A minor) through my trembling (D major) hand
(E minor) And I wonder as I hear her
That the (B minor) spirit still shines through
And (G major) she can (C major) reach across
the (G major) ocean deep (E minor)
And break (A minor) my (D major) heart in two
Outro 1
(G major) (C major) (D minor) (G major) (C major) (D major)
Mary’s Eyes
Janis Ian
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