Arms of Mary Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays426

Arms of Mary by Boyzone is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, Em, C, Bm, Cm7, A, E and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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16
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  			Intro:  G

G                 D                       
 The lights shine down the valley   
Em               C 
  the wind blows up the alley
G                        D                    G
Oh and how I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary
 
G              D 
 She took the pains of boyhood 
Em                C
  and turned them into feel good
G                        D                    G
Oh and how I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary
                     
              Bm                       Em
Mary was the girl who taught me all I had to know
            C                    D
She put me right on my first mistake
               Bm                          Em
Summer wasn´t gone when I learned all she had to show
            C                    D  
She really gave all a boy could take
G            D   
 So now when I feel lonely  
Em                      C  
  still looking for the one and only
G                         D                    G    Cm7
That´s when I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary
 
G            D   
 So now when I feel lonely  
Em                      C  
  still looking for the one and only
G                         D                    G    
That´s when I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary 
 
Cm7  G  D  Em  C   G    D   G 
          Mary    Mary  
               Bm                      Em 
Mary was the girl who taught me all I had to know
            C                    D   
She put me right on my first mistake
               Bm                          Em
Summer wasn´t gone when I learned all she had to show
            C                    D   D     
She really gave all a boy could take
A                  E                       
 The lights shine down the valley   
F#m              D 
  the wind blows up the alley
A                        E                    F#m
Oh and how I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary
 D           E        F#m
lying in the arms of Mary
 D           E        F#m          
lying in the arms of Mary
                 D E  F#m
yeaah yeah yeah yeaeeaahh
 D           E        F#m    (fade)      
lying in the arms of Mary
    	

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100 BPM Andante