Verse
A E
She’ll pack up and go to Branson in a heartbeat
C#m B
Play a few hands of pitch along the way
G#m A
Work them slots in Tama for an entire day
B B7
Then later splurge for dinner at the Sirloin Stockade
A E
She can whip up a mean rhubarb cream pie
A E B/D# C#m
And her cornbread and beans are just to die for
G#m A
They’ll get gobbled up within the blink of an eye
B B7
But don’t worry, she’d be happy to make you up some more
[Chorus 1]
E
Mary Dell turns 90 today
B
That’s 90 trips around the suns fiery blaze
A E C#m A
And all the folks that know her well have great stories that they tell
E B E
About good lookin, hard workin Mary Dell
[Verse 2]
A E
From the rolling hills of Bakers Acres
C#m B
To 331 McFerson Street
G#m A
And 227 Woodland, where all the kids grew up
B B7
To have that many memories must be pretty neat
A E
Yeah, she’s the lovely lady from Ottumwa
C#m B
F# devoted member of the First Lutheran Church
G#m A
And if I were the first spring robin
B B7
210 Marianna is where I’d wanna perch
[Chorus]
E
Mary Dell turns 90 today
B
That’s 90 trips around the suns fiery blaze
A E C#m A
And all the folks that know her well have great stories that they tell
E B E
About good lookin, hard workin Mary Dell
[Chorus 2]
E
She’s a great grandma
E
She’s a grandma
E B
She’s a mother, aunt, sister, cousin, she's a wife
A E
She’s the daughter of the Bakers
C#m B E
And she leads an extraordinary life
A B E
Yeah she leads an extraordinary life