Mary Ann Regrets:Big John Khat And The Highland
Blues Band.
Recorded in Germany (with permission) in Dec.
1962. (Burl Ives made this Harlan Howard song
a hit at #39 on BB Hot 100 in 1962.)
(Intro)
G A D
(Ooooo-ooooo-ooooo....ooooo-ooooo-ooooo..)
(Verse 1)
D A
I saved up my money to buy my sweetheart some flowers.
A D
For Saturday's date and I restlessly counted the hours.
D G
Then today in the mail I received this short little note.
D A D
And I broke down inside at the message that her mother wrote.
(Chorus)
D A
Mary Ann regrets she's unable to see you again.
A D
We're leaving for Europe next week, she'll be busy till then.
D D7
They know that she loves me, but poor boys don't fit in their
G
plan.
D A D
Good-bye true love, good-bye my sweet Mary Ann.
(Verse 2)
D A
The weeks have gone by not a word have I heard since then.
A D
In the papers I read of the far away places she's been.
D G
I can't eat, I can't sleep for over and over again,
D A D
my mind reads that letter and I cry for my Mary Ann.
(Chorus)
D A
Mary Ann regrets she's unable to see you again.
A D
We're leaving for Europe next week, she'll be busy till then.
D D7
They know that she loves me, but poor boys don't fit in their
G
plan.
D A D
Good-bye true love, good-bye my sweet Mary Ann.
(Verse 3)
D A
My Mary Ann died, they said she just wasted away.
A D
If I could have seen her I know she'd be living today.
D D7 G
For we loved each other and if they'd have left us alone,
D A D
today she'd be wearing my ring, not a blanket of stone.
(Chorus)
D A
Mary Ann regrets she's unable to see you again.
A D
We're leaving for Europe next week, she'll be busy till then.
D D7
They knew that she loved me, but poor boys don't fit in their
G
plan.
D A D
Good-bye true love, good-bye my sweet Mary Ann.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.