B
B E F#7 B
Well, your railroadgate, you know I just can't jump it.
E B F#7
Sometimes it gets so hard, you see.
B E F#7 B G#m
I'm just sitting here beating on my trumpet,
D#m B F#7
with all these promises you left for me.
E F#7 B
But where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
B E F#7 B
Well, I waited for you when I was half sick.
E B F#7
Yes I waited for you when you hated me.
B E F#7 B G#m
Well, I waited for you inside of the frozen traffic
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When you knew I had some other place to be.
E F#7 B
Now, where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
G B
Well, anybody can be just like me, obviosly,
G B F#7
But then, now again, not too many can be like you, fortunately.
B E F#7 B
Well, six white horses that you did promise me
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Where finaly delivered down to the penitentiary.
B E F#7 B G#m
But to live outside the law, you must be honest.
D#m B F#7
I know you always say that you agree,
E F#7 B
But where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
B E F#7 B
Now, I been in jail when all my mail showed
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That a man can't give his address out to bad company,
B E F#7 B G#m
And now I stand here lookin' at your yellow railroad
D#m B F#7
In the ruins of your balcony,
E F#7 B
Wond'ring where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
G B
Well I don't know how it happened,But the riverboat captain,he knows my fate
G B F#7
But ev'rybody else, even yourself, they're just gonna have to wait.
B E F#7 B
Well, I got the fever down in my pockets,
E B F#7
The Persian drunkard, he follows me.
B E F#7 B G#m
Yes, I can take him to your house, but I can't unlock it.
D#m B F#7
You see, you forgot to leave me with the key.
E F#7 B
Oh, where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
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