Music and Lyrics by Patty Griffin
from the "FLAMING RED" album
Chords transcribed by Rick (rickl1@IX.netcom.com)
A
Mary
A
D
You're covered
in roses
A
You're covered
in ashes
E
You're covered
in rain
A
You're covered
in baby's
D
You're covered
in slashes
A
You're covered
in wilderness
E
You're covered
in stains
A
You cast
aside the sheets
D
You cast
aside the shroud
A
E
Of another
man who serves the world proud
A
D
And you greet
another son and you lose another one
A
E
On some sunny
day and always you stay
A
Mary
F#m
D
A
Jesus said
mother I couldn't stay another day longer
F#m
D
A
He flies
right by and leaves a kiss upon her face
F#m
D
A
While the
angels were singing his praises in a blaze of glory
B7
D
Mary stays
behind and starts cleaning up the place
A
Oh Mary
D
She moves
behind me
A
E
She leaves
her fingerprints everywhere
A
Every time
the snow drifts
D
Every way
the sand shifts
A
E
Even when
the night lifts she's always there
F#m
D
A
Jesus said
mother I couldn't stay another day longer
F#m
D
A
He flies
right by and leaves a kiss upon her face
F#m
D
A
While the
angels were singing his praises in a blaze of glory
B7
D
Mary stays
behind and starts cleaning up the place
A
Oh Mary
D
You're covered
in roses
A
You're covered
in ruins
E
You're covered
in secrets
A
You're covered
in tree tops
D
Covered in
birds
A
E
Who can sing
a million songs without any words
A
You cast
aside the sheets
D
You cast
aside the shroud
A
E
Of another
man who served the world proud
A
D
And you greet
another son and you lose another one
A
E
On some sunny
day and always you stay
A
Mary
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