Verse
C G
She’ll pack up and go to Branson in a heartbeat
Em D
Play a few hands of pitch along the way
Bm C
Work them slots in Tama for an entire day
D D7
Then later splurge for dinner at the Sirloin Stockade
C G
She can whip up a mean rhubarb cream pie
C G D/F# Em
And her cornbread and beans are just to die for
Bm C
They’ll get gobbled up within the blink of an eye
D D7
But don’t worry, she’d be happy to make you up some more
[Chorus 1]
G
Mary Dell turns 90 today
D
That’s 90 trips around the suns fiery blaze
C G Em C
And all the folks that know her well have great stories that they tell
G D G
About good lookin, hard workin Mary Dell
[Verse 2]
C G
From the rolling hills of Bakers Acres
Em D
To 331 McFerson Street
Bm C
And 227 Woodland, where all the kids grew up
D D7
To have that many memories must be pretty neat
C G
Yeah, she’s the lovely lady from Ottumwa
Em D
A devoted member of the First Lutheran Church
Bm C
And if I were the first spring robin
D D7
210 Marianna is where I’d wanna perch
[Chorus]
G
Mary Dell turns 90 today
D
That’s 90 trips around the suns fiery blaze
C G Em C
And all the folks that know her well have great stories that they tell
G D G
About good lookin, hard workin Mary Dell
[Chorus 2]
G
She’s a great grandma
G
She’s a grandma
G D
She’s a mother, aunt, sister, cousin, she's a wife
C G
She’s the daughter of the Bakers
Em D G
And she leads an extraordinary life
C D G
Yeah she leads an extraordinary life