E
These are the words of a frontier lad
G#m B7
Who lost his love when he turned ba-ad
E (finger picked for 2 bars)
E B7 E
Take a message to Mary but don?t tell ?er where I am
E B7 E
Take a message to Mary but don?t say I?m in a jam
C#m G#m C#m F# B7
You can tell her I had to see the world or tell ?er that my ship set sail
E A E C#m
You can say she better not wait for me but don?t tell her I?m in jail
E B E
Oh, don?t tell her I?m in jail
E B7 E
Take a message to Mary but don?t tell ?er what I?ve done
E B7 E
Please don?t mention the stagecoach and the shot from a careless gun
C#m G#m C#m F# B7
You can tell her I had to change my plans and cancel out the wedding day
https://www.coveralia.com/acordes/take-a-message-to-mary-the-everly-brothers.php
E A E C#m
But please don?t mention my lonely cell where I?m gonna pine away
E B E
Until my dying day
E B7 E
Take a message to Mary but don?t tell ?er all you know
E B7 E
My heart?s achin? for Mary, Lord knows I miss her so
C#m G#m C#m F# B7
Just tell her I went to Timbuktu, tell her I?m searchin? for gold
E A E C#m
You can say she better find someone new to cherish and to hold
E B E
Oh, Lord, this cell is cold
E C#m
Ma-ary, Ma-a-a-a-ary
E B E
Oh, Lord this cell is cold
