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The Wind Cries Mary

Jimi Hendrix

Shapes for a guitar tuned down a half step – they sound in F. Playing piano or a guitar in standard tuning? Show the chords as they sound

F#
C#After all B#the Bjacks are in their F#boxes
C#And the clowns B#have Ball gone to F#bed
C#You can hear happiB#ness Bstaggering on F#down the street
G#Footsteps Bdressed in
E F F#
G#And the Bwind whispers EFMary
F# E
F F#
C#A broom B#is Bdrearily F#sweeping
C#Up the broken pieces B#of Byesterday's F#life
C#Somewhere B#a Bqueen is F#weeping
G#Somewhere a Bking has no
E F F#
G#And the wind Bcries EFMary
F# E
F F#
C#The traffic lights B#turn Bblue F#tomorrow
C#And shine the emptiB#ness Bdown on my F#bed
C#The tiny B#island Bsags F#downstream
G#Cause the life that Blived is
E F F#
G#And the wind Bscreams EFMary
F# E
F F#
C#Will the B#wind Bever F#remember
C#The names it B#has Bblown in the F#past
C#With its crutch, its B#old Bage, and its F#wisdom
G#It whispers no, this B#will Bbe the
E F F#
G#And the B#wind Bcries EFMary
F# E
F F#
E F F# E F F#

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