Mary Chords
by Agnes Obel
Mary by Agnes Obel is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Gm. It uses the chords Gm, Dm, Fm, Cm, F and F9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
Gm Dm Fm Cm (2x)
Verse
Gm Dm Fm Cm Gm Dm Fm Cm
Heaven hid her face as we fell down
Gm Dm Fm Cm Gm Dm Fm Cm
Age old habits echoed in the ground
Gm Dm Fm Cm Gm Dm Fm Cm
One old sing and one would hold me down
Gm Dm Fm Cm Gm Dm Fm Cm
They might listen if I make no sound
Note: play this one octave below the previous chords.
Gm Dm Fm
Oh I know this
Cm Gm Dm
From my high school heart
Fm Cm Gm
That nothing is over
Dm Fm Cm
From a touch it will begin
Gm Dm Fm Cm
Wide in the sky
Verse
Gm Dm Fm Cm Gm Dm Fm Cm
In my house the silence rang so loud
Gm Dm Fm Cm Gm Dm Fm Cm
Under doorways, through the hallway down
Gm Dm Fm Cm Gm Dm Fm Cm
Waiting for the secret to grow out
Gm Dm Fm Cm Gm Dm Fm Cm
Oh what we do when no one is around
Break
Note: all notes are 8ths; tempo is 3/4.
Cm
e||--11------10------10------|--11------10------10------|
B||--------------------------|--------------------------|
G||------12------12------12--|------12------12------12--|
D||--------------------------|--------------------------|
A||--------------------------|--------------------------|
E||--------------------------|--------------------------|
e|--11----------------------|--------------------------||
B|------11--10------10------|--10------10------10------||
G|--------------12------12--|------12------12------12--||
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|| 2x
A|--------------------------|--------------------------||
E|--------------------------|--------------------------||
Gm Dm Fm
Oh I know this
Cm Gm Dm
From my high school heart
Fm Cm Gm
That nothing is over
Dm Fm Cm
From a touch it will begin
Gm Dm Fm
Wide in the sky
Cm
e||--11------10------10------|--11------10------10------|
B||--------------------------|--------------------------|
G||------12------12------12--|------12------12------12--|
D||--------------------------|--------------------------|
A||--------------------------|--------------------------|
E||--------------------------|--------------------------|
e|--11----------------------|--------------------------||
B|------11--10------10------|--10------10------10------||
G|--------------12------12--|------12------12------12--||
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|| 2x
A|--------------------------|--------------------------||
E|--------------------------|--------------------------||
Bridge
Gm F F9 Cm
In the dark I hear you sing
Gm F F9 Cm
Fingers move and chords they ring
Gm F F9 Cm
Be the witness of my shame
Gm F F9 Cm
Swaying in the summer rain
Gm F F9 Cm
Feathers falling from your wing
Gm F F9 Cm
In the dark I hear you sing