[Intro] x4
|G
[Verse]
G C D G
Well, your railroadgate, you know I just can't jump it.
C G D
Sometimes it gets so so hard, you see.
G C D G Em
I'm just a sitting here beating on my trumpet
Bm D
with all these promises you left for me
C D C D G
So where are you tonight, where are you tonight, sweet Marie?
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
G C D G
Well, I waited for you when I was half sick
C G D
Yes I waited for you when you hated me
G C D G Em
Well, I waited for you inside the frozen traffic
Bm D
When you knew I had some other place to be
C D C D G
So where are you tonight, where are you tonight, sweet Marie?
[Bridge 1]
D# G
Well I don't know how it happened, but the riverboat captain, he knows my fate
D# G D
But the rest of us baby, even you maybe, you’re just gonna have to wait, wait, wait…
[Solo]
G C D G
C G D
G C D G Em
Bm D
[Verse]
C D C D G
where are you tonight, where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
[Bridge 2]
D# G
Well, anybody can be just like me, obviously,
D# G D
But then again, not any of them are like you, fortunately, fortunately.
[Verse]
G C D G
Well, six white horses that you did promise
C G D
Were finally delivered to the penitentiary
G C D G Em
But to live outside the law, you must be honest, darling
Bm D
I know you always say that you agree
[Outro]
C D C D G
where are you tonight, where are you tonight, sweet Marie? Allright!
C D C D C D G (hold)
So where are you tonight, where are you tonight, where are you tonight, sweet Marie?