Lady Mary Chords
by Joan Baez
Lady Mary by Joan Baez is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E7 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro A
verse 1
A E7 A E7 A
He came from his palace grand, he came to my cottage door
E7 A E7 A
His words were few but his looks, Will linger for evermore
D A D A
The look in his sad dark eyes more tender than words could be
E7 A E7 A
But I was nothing to him and he was the world to me.
verse 2
A E7 A E7 A
There in her garden she stands all dressed in fine satin and lace
E7 A E7 A
Lady Mary so cold and so strange who finds in his heart no place.
D A D A
He knew I would be his bride, with a kiss for a lifetime fee
E7 A E7 A
But I was nothing to him and he was the world to me.
verse 3
A E7 A E7 A
Now in his palace grand on a flower strewn bed he lies
E7 A E7 A
His beautiful lids are closed on his sad dark beautiful eyes
D A D A
And among the mourners who mourn why should I a mourner be
E7 A E7 A D A
For I was nothing to him and he was the world to me.