Let Me Tell You About Mary Chords

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Let Me Tell You About Mary by Glen Campbell is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, A, D7, Em, C, Am, G7 and C/G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D
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verse 1 

D                                      G 
   Now won't you let me tell you 'bout Mary 
  A                             D 
I promise it won't take me very long 
                     D7        G 
'Cause all I have to say about Mary 
   Em            A           D 
Is I'm afraid my Mary's gone wrong 

verse 2 

D                            G 
The day I went away and left Mary 
    Em                       A 
She promised she would wait eternally for me 
D                 G        
I came back today heard my Mary say  
Em                   A           D 
Guess you won't want any part of me 

Chorus 1 

D                                       G 
Ooohhh  won't you let me tell you 'bout Mary 
  Em               A            D         
I promise it won't take me very long 
                     D7        G 
'Cause all I have to say about Mary 
Em            A           D 
I'm afraid my Mary's gone wrong 

verse 3 

G                      C 
Today I went by to see Mary 
    Am                           D        D7 
she couldn't even look me in the eye  she tried 
    G      G7             C 
And when I asked her what happened 
       Am              D               G    
I just stood there and watched my Mary cry 


 C      G                               C 
Ooohhh  won't you let me tell you 'bout Mary 
  Am                D           G 
I promise it won't take me very long 
                     G7        C 
'Cause all I have to say about Mary 
Am            D           G 
I'm afraid my Mary's gone wrong 

Outro 

C       G                               C 
Ooohhh  won't you let me tell you 'bout Mary 
  Am               D             G 
I promise it won't take me very long 
                     G7        C 
'Cause all I have to say about Mary 
Am            D           C/G   Am 
I'm afraid my Mary's gone wrong 
D                         G 
I'm afraid my Mary's gone wrong 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante