C
C F G7 C
Well, your railroadgate, you know I just can't jump it.
F C G7
Sometimes it gets so hard, you see.
C F G7 C Am
I'm just sitting here beating on my trumpet,
Em C G7
with all these promises you left for me.
F G7 C
But where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
C F G7 C
Well, I waited for you when I was half sick.
F C G7
Yes I waited for you when you hated me.
C F G7 C Am
Well, I waited for you inside of the frozen traffic
Em C G7
When you knew I had some other place to be.
F G7 C
Now, where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
Ab C
Well, anybody can be just like me, obviosly,
Ab C G7
But then, now again, not too many can be like you, fortunately.
C F G7 C
Well, six white horses that you did promise me
F C G7
Where finaly delivered down to the penitentiary.
C F G7 C Am
But to live outside the law, you must be honest.
Em C G7
I know you always say that you agree,
F G7 C
But where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
C F G7 C
Now, I been in jail when all my mail showed
F C G7
That a man can't give his address out to bad company,
C F G7 C Am
And now I stand here lookin' at your yellow railroad
Em C G7
In the ruins of your balcony,
F G7 C
Wond'ring where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
Ab C
Well I don't know how it happened,But the riverboat captain,he knows my fate
Ab C G7
But ev'rybody else, even yourself, they're just gonna have to wait.
C F G7 C
Well, I got the fever down in my pockets,
F C G7
The Persian drunkard, he follows me.
C F G7 C Am
Yes, I can take him to your house, but I can't unlock it.
Em C G7
You see, you forgot to leave me with the key.
F G7 C
Oh, where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
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