Verse
E B
She’ll pack up and go to Branson in a heartbeat
G#m F#
Play a few hands of pitch along the way
D#m E
Work them slots in Tama for an entire day
F# F#7
Then later splurge for dinner at the Sirloin Stockade
E B
She can whip up a mean rhubarb cream pie
E B F#/A# G#m
And her cornbread and beans are just to die for
D#m E
They’ll get gobbled up within the blink of an eye
F# F#7
But don’t worry, she’d be happy to make you up some more
[Chorus 1]
B
Mary Dell turns 90 today
F#
That’s 90 trips around the suns fiery blaze
E B G#m E
And all the folks that know her well have great stories that they tell
B F# B
About good lookin, hard workin Mary Dell
[Verse 2]
E B
From the rolling hills of Bakers Acres
G#m F#
To 331 McFerson Street
D#m E
And 227 Woodland, where all the kids grew up
F# F#7
To have that many memories must be pretty neat
E B
Yeah, she’s the lovely lady from Ottumwa
G#m F#
C# devoted member of the First Lutheran Church
D#m E
And if I were the first spring robin
F# F#7
210 Marianna is where I’d wanna perch
[Chorus]
B
Mary Dell turns 90 today
F#
That’s 90 trips around the suns fiery blaze
E B G#m E
And all the folks that know her well have great stories that they tell
B F# B
About good lookin, hard workin Mary Dell
[Chorus 2]
B
She’s a great grandma
B
She’s a grandma
B F#
She’s a mother, aunt, sister, cousin, she's a wife
E B
She’s the daughter of the Bakers
G#m F# B
And she leads an extraordinary life
E F# B
Yeah she leads an extraordinary life