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D A
She’ll pack up and go to Branson in a heartbeat
F#m E
Play a few hands of pitch along the way
C#m D
Work them slots in Tama for an entire day
E E7
Then later splurge for dinner at the Sirloin Stockade
D A
She can whip up a mean rhubarb cream pie
D A E/G# F#m
And her cornbread and beans are just to die for
C#m D
They’ll get gobbled up within the blink of an eye
E E7
But don’t worry, she’d be happy to make you up some more
[Chorus 1]
A
Mary Dell turns 90 today
E
That’s 90 trips around the suns fiery blaze
D A F#m D
And all the folks that know her well have great stories that they tell
A E A
About good lookin, hard workin Mary Dell
[Verse 2]
D A
From the rolling hills of Bakers Acres
F#m E
To 331 McFerson Street
C#m D
And 227 Woodland, where all the kids grew up
E E7
To have that many memories must be pretty neat
D A
Yeah, she’s the lovely lady from Ottumwa
F#m E
B devoted member of the First Lutheran Church
C#m D
And if I were the first spring robin
E E7
210 Marianna is where I’d wanna perch
[Chorus]
A
Mary Dell turns 90 today
E
That’s 90 trips around the suns fiery blaze
D A F#m D
And all the folks that know her well have great stories that they tell
A E A
About good lookin, hard workin Mary Dell
[Chorus 2]
A
She’s a great grandma
A
She’s a grandma
A E
She’s a mother, aunt, sister, cousin, she's a wife
D A
She’s the daughter of the Bakers
F#m E A
And she leads an extraordinary life
D E A
Yeah she leads an extraordinary life