Verse
G D
She’ll pack up and go to Branson in a heartbeat
Bm A
Play a few hands of pitch along the way
F#m G
Work them slots in Tama for an entire day
A A7
Then later splurge for dinner at the Sirloin Stockade
G D
She can whip up a mean rhubarb cream pie
G D A/C# Bm
And her cornbread and beans are just to die for
F#m G
They’ll get gobbled up within the blink of an eye
A A7
But don’t worry, she’d be happy to make you up some more
[Chorus 1]
D
Mary Dell turns 90 today
A
That’s 90 trips around the suns fiery blaze
G D Bm G
And all the folks that know her well have great stories that they tell
D A D
About good lookin, hard workin Mary Dell
[Verse 2]
G D
From the rolling hills of Bakers Acres
Bm A
To 331 McFerson Street
F#m G
And 227 Woodland, where all the kids grew up
A A7
To have that many memories must be pretty neat
G D
Yeah, she’s the lovely lady from Ottumwa
Bm A
E devoted member of the First Lutheran Church
F#m G
And if I were the first spring robin
A A7
210 Marianna is where I’d wanna perch
[Chorus]
D
Mary Dell turns 90 today
A
That’s 90 trips around the suns fiery blaze
G D Bm G
And all the folks that know her well have great stories that they tell
D A D
About good lookin, hard workin Mary Dell
[Chorus 2]
D
She’s a great grandma
D
She’s a grandma
D A
She’s a mother, aunt, sister, cousin, she's a wife
G D
She’s the daughter of the Bakers
Bm A D
And she leads an extraordinary life
G A D
Yeah she leads an extraordinary life