Verse
E
Burn up with the water
E
The floods are on the plains
E
The planets in a rose
E
Who knows what they contain?
E
And my brain is like an orchestra
E
Playing on, insane
E
Will you love me like you loved me in the January rain?
E
[Verse 2]
E
Mom and Dad and violins
A E
Somber country silence
The needle stopped the kicking
B
The clothes pins on the floor
E
And my heart is playing hide and seek
A E
Wait and count to four
B A E
Will you love me like you loved me and I'll never ask for more
[Chorus]
A
What did you tell me Mary
When you were there so sweet and very
E
Full of field and stars
You carried all of time
B
Oh and, heavens, when you looked at me
Your eyes were like machinery
E
Your hands were making artifacts in the corner of my mind
A
Monastery monochrome
Boom balloon machine and oh
E
Diamond rings and gutter bones
Marching up the mountain
A
With our aching planning
High and smiling
Cheap drink
Dark and violent
E
Full of butterflies
The violent tenderness
The sweet asylum
B
The clay you find is fortified
We felt unfocused fade the line
E
The sugar rush
The constant hush
The pushing of the water gush
A
The marching band
When April ran
E
May June bugs fly and
B
Push your gin Jacob
With the tired wiry brandy look
A E
Here we go round Mary in your famous story book
[Verse 3]
E
We overcome the sirens
A E
We look both left and right
B
And I can feel the numbness accompany my plight
E
And I know that someday soon I'll see you
A E
But now you're out of sight
B A E
And you'll kiss me like you used to in the January night
[Chorus]
A
What did you tell me Mary
When you were there so sweet and very
E
Full of field and stars
You carried all of time
B
Oh and, heavens, when you looked at me
Your eyes were like machinery
E
Your hands were making artifacts in the corner of my mind
A
Monastery monochrome
Boom balloon machine and oh
E
Diamond rings and gutter bones
Marching up the mountain
A
With our aching planning
High and smiling
Cheap drink
Dark and violent
E
Full of butterflies
The violent tenderness
The sweet asylum
B
The clay you find is fortified
We felt unfocused fade the line
E
The sugar rush
The constant hush
The pushing of the water gush
A
The marching band
When April ran
E
May June bugs fly and
B
Push your gin Jacob
With the tired wiry brandy look
A E
Here we go round Mary in your famous story book