Lady Mary Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays442

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.

Transpose
A
Text
16
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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. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante