Not Tonight Marie
Not Tonight Marie

Not Tonight Marie easy guitar chords by Tom Paxton

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    • Verse 1
    I seem 
    to be 
    hanging out 

    with 
    a slightly 
    older crowd 
    these days. 

    Have 
    you found that happening 

    in your 
    lives as well? 

    It's amazing, 
    isn't it? Well, 

    must 
    be the 
    more mature vision 

    that we're attracted 
    to 

    or something, 
    but anyhow, 

    they asked 
    me whether I 
    had ever noticed 

    how 
    most 
    love 
    songs, 

    when 
    you boil it right 
    down, 

    are songs 
    of 
    yearn
    ing for 
    that perfect 

    ideal 
    union 
    one has yet 
    to 
    make 

    with that 
    perfect 
    soul 
    one has yet 
    to 
    meet, 

    but 
    togeth
    er with 
    whom one is destined 

    to trip lightly 
    down the path 
    of life, 

    strew
    ing rosebuds 

    along the way. 

    Baby, baby, 
    baby. 

    Had 
    I ever noticed 
    that? 

    Well, 
    yes, I 
    said. 
    Truth to tell, 

    I'd 
    even written 
    one or two of myself. 

    And here 
    is, 
    always pending 

    your agreement, 

    the first true 
    life love 
    song. 

    Not 
    tonight, 
    it's 
    been a day 

    of 
    deals gone 
    down and 
    bills to pay, 

    a 
    lousy 
    boss, a double 
    cross, 

    and 
    golden chances 
    slipped 
    away. 

    I'm 
    tired, 
    and 
    so depressed. 

    I 
    hid 
    my eyes 
    while 
    you un
    dressed. 

    It's 
    been a long, 
    day 
    for me. 

    I'm 
    tired, 
    so 
    not tonight. 

    Mar
    ie, not tonight. 

    Marie, hands 
    are 
    cold. 

    I almost 
    feel 
    I'm growing old. 

    A few less 
    hairs, 
    a need for chairs, 

    a dread 
    of hearing 
    fortunes 
    told 

    Your 
    lovely love, 
    I'm 
    proud to 
    say 

    But 
    please 
    don't 
    wear that 
    negligee 

    You're 
    lying much 
    too close to me, 

    I'm tired 

    So 
    not tonight, 
    Marie 

    Oh, 
    God, Marie, 
    I've got no chance 

    You 
    simply cast 
    that sidelong 
    glance 

    You scent 
    the room with 

    sly perfume 

    And let your lovely 
    fin
    gers dance 

    Your 
    lovely lingering 
    fingernails 

    A 
    heartless 
    trick 
    that 
    never 
    fails 

    Some 
    night 
    they won't 
    get through 
    to me 

    But 
    not 
    to
    night, 
    Marie 

    Not 
    tonight, 
    Marie 

    The full 
    moon 
    shines 

    I'm 
    showing 
    all 
    the 
    danger 
    signs 

    To 
    hell with 
    rest I'll 
    thump my 
    chest 

    I'll 
    swing 
    across 
    the room on 
    vines 

    Mar
    ie, 
    I don't 
    care where 
    or how 

    For 
    Marie, 
    you purely 
    had 
    it 
    now 

    Some 
    night 
    you won't 
    get through 
    to me, 

    by 
    God 

    But 
    not 
    tonight, 
    Marie 

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