Key: C major
Verse 1
C
Em
These are the words of a frontier man
Am
G
Who lost his love when he turned
C
G
F
C
Am
C
G
C
bad
Take a message to Mary
F
G
C
But don't tell her where I am
Take a message to Mary,
F
G
but don't say I'm in a jail
C
Am
You can tell her that I
Am
D
Tell her that my ship's at sail
G
C
You can say she'd bet
G
F
C
ter not wait for me
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G
C
Oh, don't tell her I'm in jail
G
C
Take a message to Marie
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G
C
But don't tell her what I've done
Please don't mention the stagecoach
F
G
And the shot from a callous gun
C
Am
You can tell her that I had
Am
D
And cancel out the wedding day
G
C
But please don't
G
F
C
mention my lonely self
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G
C
G
F
C
Am
C
G
C
Until my dying day
D
G
C
Take a message to Mary,
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G
C
but don't tell her all you know
My heart is aching for Mary,
F
G
God knows I miss her so
C
Am
Em
Just tell her that I went to Timbuktu
Am
D
Tell her that I'm searching for gold
G
C
You can say she'd bet
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F
C
ter find someone new
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G
C
Oh Lord, this cell is cold
Outro 1
Db
B
A
G
F
C
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC Em Am G F...
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