Ukulele Chords:
G Bm D6 Em Cmaj7 C#-7b5 Eb Eb6 Cm
A--2-- A--2-- A--2-- A--2-- A--2-- A--2-- A--1-- A--3-- A--3--
E--3-- E--2-- E--2-- E--3-- E--0- E--0-- E--3-- E--3-- E--3--
C--2-- C--2-- C--2-- C--4-- C--0-- C--1-- C--3-- C--3-- C--3--
G--0-- G--4-- G--2-- G--0-- G--0- G--0-- G--0-- G--3-- G--0--
Alternate chords for bridge and outro:
Em Emadd9 Em7
A--7-- A--9-- A--7--
E--7-- E--7-- E--7--
C--7-- C--7-- C--7--
G--9-- G--7-- G--7--
For the chords I notated Emadd9/Em7 and such, listen to the recording for how to switch back and forth.
G Bm D6 Em Bm D6
G Bm D6
Riding in and out of the sea
Em
tiny fragments graze my skin
Bm D6 G
all for you Mary please
Bm D6
Slept in piles of mess in alleys at night
Em
let's not forget
Em D6
it was all for you now Mary please
CHORUS:
Em Cmaj7 G
And as I come home like a skipping stone from Rome
Bm D6 Em
to be with my prize wife
Cmaj7 G
you must have smoked a thousand cigaretes by the piano
Bm D6
cuz the wall now holds your silouhette
Cmaj7 Bm D6
Verse 2:
G Bm D6
Flowers must have prayed for rain
Em
but you gave them none
Bm D6
'cause they're begging on their hands and knees for some
G
I climb upstairs and see you
Bm D6
crying at the windowsill
Em Bm D6 Cmaj7
I wrap you up and tell you there's no use in being scared
BRIDGE:
Bm D6
but your hands they shake
Emadd9 Em Em7 Em Em7
they say there's no use in coming home
Cmaj7 Bm
when there's no home left at all
Emadd9 Em Em7
Oh Mary please please please
Cmaj7 Eb6
You said "turn you fool, and go" and then you rode
Em Cmaj7 C#-7b5 Cmaj7
There's no use in coming home
Eb6
When there's no home left at all
CHORUS
OUTRO:
Cmaj7 Bm D6 Em7/Emadd9 Em7/Emadd9
Mary please Mary please Mary please Mary please
Cmaj7 Bm D6 Emadd9/Em7 Emadd9/Em7
Mary please Mary please Mary please Mary please
Cmaj7 Cm Eb G