Tell Mary Chords

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Tell Mary by Michael Fracasso is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, C, Am and Bm. 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    D        C                D 
Tell Mary, it really doesn't matter 
G            D         Am              D 
These things happen in life all the time 
G        D         Am                C 
Tell her that, one day we'll both be laughing 
G             C            G           C 
I'm sure it's nothing, how could it be something 
G                 C        D     G 
When I can't even hold her in my arms 
G    D     C                   D 
Tell Mary, sometimes when it's raining 
G         D         Am        D 
Those are days when I'm at my best 
G         D     Am           C 
I let the water wash away my feelings 
G                 C           G             C 
I'm sure they're nothing, how could they be something 
G                 C        D          G 
When I can't even hold her against my breast 
Am Bm    C            D 
No Mary, life is not simple 
Am   Bm     C       D 
Once it was in your arms 
Am            Bm 
We shared the day and 
C               D 
Nighttime would find us where 
G         C             D     G 
No one or nothing could do us harm 
G    D     C                D 
Tell Mary, sometimes life is dreaming 
G        D           Am               D 
Till you wake up and find you're not there 
G         D       Am       C 
All your thoughts offer no protection 
G                 C            G             C 
I'm sure thery're nothing, how could they be something 
G                    C            D           G 
When I can't see the wind blowing through her hair 

Am Bm    C            D 
No Mary, life is not simple 
Am   Bm     C       D 
Once it was in your arms 
Am            Bm 
We shared the day and 
C               D 
Nighttime would find us where 
G         Am         D           G 
No one or nothing could do us harm 
G    D         C              D 
Tell Mary, I'm tired, but I'm happy 
G         D         Am       D 
I've been down, but not this time 
G      D          Am         C 
All my dreams are easily forgotten 
G                C            G             C 
I'm sure they're nothing, how could they be something 
       G              C 
When I can't even see her 
G                C            G             C 
I'm sure they're nothing, how could they be something 
       G              C          D       G 
When I can't even see her when I open my eyes 
G    D        C              D            G 
Tell Mary, it really doesn't matter 
    	

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