Sonata Arctica
Mary-Lou
Tabbed by xxShredderxx1
VERSE 1
C#m E A
Mamas put your babies to sleep,
B A B
story too cruelsome for them this is.
C#m E A
In Junior High she said goodbye,
B A B
to her parents and ran away with a boy.
F#m E B C#m
She left her family warm and kind,
F#m E B C#m
all of her friends said "You´re out of your mind".
B C#m
Life of her own she would find,
F#m A G#
it´s Monday and she´s gotta grind.
VERSE 2
C#m E A
A job as a waitress she sure was to find,
B A B
beautiful face, mind of a child.
C#m E A
Boy got her pregnant, Mary-Lou cried,
B A B
"For this I am too young oh why did you lie?"
F#m E B C#m
You said "It´s okay if we do it today",
F#m E B C#m
I was so scared that you would go away.
B C#m
"Despite all the papers been signed,
F#m A G#
mama take me back be so kind".
CHORUS
C#m B E
Only a child, reckless and wild,
A B C#m
needs to come home again.
B A E B C#m
He promised the moon but won´t marry you.
B E
Nothing to do, eating for two,
A E C#m
he´s goin´ out with someone new.
B F#m
Sunshine or rain, it´s all the same,
E B C#m
life isn´t gray oh Mary-Lou.
VERSE 3
C#m E A
Mamas do your children still sleep,
B A B
in the safe of their cradles so sweet.
C#m E A
Story I told you I have foreseen,
B A B
your little angel ain´t always so clean.
F#m E B C#m
Days to come aren´t easy to see,
F#m E B C#m
you can change ´em but it isn´t free.
B C#m
I see that you don´t believe,
F#m E B C#m
ooo-oo, but you will see.
CHORUS
C#m B E
Only a child, reckless and wild,
A B C#m
needs to come home again.
B A E B C#m
He promised the moon but won´t marry you.
B E
Nothing to do, eating for two,
A E C#m
he´s goin´ out with someone new.
B F#m
Sunshine or rain, it´s all the same,
E B C#m
life isn´t gray oh Mary-Lou.
SOLO
CHORUS
C#m B E
Only a child, reckless and wild,
A B C#m
needs to come home again.
B A E B C#m
He promised the moon but won´t marry you.
B E
Nothing to do, eating for two,
A E C#m
he´s goin´ out with someone new.
B F#m
Sunshine or rain, it´s all the same,
E B C#m
life isn´t gray oh Mary-Lou.
CHORUS
C#m B E
Only a child, reckless and wild,
A B C#m
needs to come home again.
B A E B C#m
He promised the moon but won´t marry you.
B E
Nothing to do, eating for two,
A E C#m
he´s goin´ out with someone new.
B F#m
Sunshine or rain, it´s all the same,
E B C#m
life isn´t gray oh Mary-Lou.