Mary
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Mary | guitar tab
By Pete Townshend, 1971
>From Scoop, 1983, and The Lifehouse Chronicles, 2000
Written by Pete Townshend (c)1983 Towser Tunes Inc./Eel Pie Publishing Ltd.
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Previously transcribed by Harlan L Thompson
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transcribed by Whotabs
[email protected] 2001-12-25 www.thewho.net/whotabs
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Note: Lifehouse Chronicles version is slightly sped up; Scoop version is standard speed.
Acoustic: Tune down two whole steps (C F Bb Eb G C)
Electric: Standard tuning, capo on 1
(shape for
acoustic) Acoustic Electric
F (A) x02220 133211
Fsus2 (Asus2) x02200 x33213 (Fadd9)
Fsus4 (Asus4) x02230 x33215 (Fadd11)
Bb (D) xx0232 x13331
B7sus2 (D7sus2) xx0210 x13111
F6sus2 (A6sus2) x02202
F7sus2 (A7sus2) x02203
Fadd5 (Aadd5) x02225
C6 (E) xx242(0)
C6add9 (E6add9) xx2422
Gm (Bm) x24432 355333
Gmsus2 (Bmsus2) x24422
C5 (E5) 0224xx x355xx
intro pattern; acoustic only
|F Fsus4 |F6sus2 F7sus2 |
|-------------5----|--------------------------|
|---5-5----5-5--5--|----0----0------0-----0---|
|--6---6-----7-7-7-|--11---11----<12>--<12>---|
|-7--7----7-7------|-7----7-----9-----9-------|
|0-------0---------|0----0-----0-----0--------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
verse; acoustic only
|Fsus2 |F Fsus4 |Bb Bb7sus2 |
Mary, you are everything a man could want
|Bb Bb7sus2 |F Fsus2 |Fsus4 Fsus2 |
and I want you Mary
electric ptrn electric out
|F Fadd9 |Fadd11 F |
|---1-----3--|---5-----1--|--|
|--1-----1---|--1-----1---|--|
|-2-----2----|-2-----2----|2-|
|3-----3-----|3-----3-----|3-|
|-----3-----3|-----3------|--|
|------------|------------|--|
|F Gm |F Fsus4 |Bb Bb7sus2
Did you know, when you pushed me once away from you
|Bb Bb7sus2 |F Fsus2 |F7sus2 F6sus2
The pain I knew grew inside me
repeat electric pattern
|Gm Gmsus2 Gm Gmsus2 |F Fsus2 Fsus4 Fsus2|
People are dancing for you now, but I can't see why
electric
|Gm |F F5 Fmaj7 |
|1------------1----------|
|1-------------1--5------|
|2--------------5--5-----|
|3-----------3------3----|
|3-----------------------|
|1-----------------------|
|Gm Gmsus2 Gm Gmsus2 |C6 C6add9
Can't they see that they can't beat the love that I have for you
electric
|Gm |C5
|Fsus2 F6sus2 F7sus2|F Fsus4 |Bb Bb7sus2 |
Mary, you are everything a man could need
electric
|F Fadd9 |Fadd11 F |Bb Bb7sus2 |
|---1------3--------|---5--------1----------|---1--------1-----|
|--1------1---------|--1--------1-----------|-------------1----|
|-2------2----------|-2--------2------------|--3--------1------|
|3------3-----------|3--------3-------------|-3--------3-------|
|------3-----------3|--------3--------------|1----------------1|
|-------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
|Bb Bb7sus2 |F Fsus4 |F Fsus4
How I need you Mary, yeah, how I need you
electric
|Bb Bb7sus2 |F Fadd9 |Fadd11 F |
|--1-------1-----|---1--------3--|---5---1------------|
|---3-------1----|--1--------1---|--1----1------------|
|-3-------1------|-2--------2----|-2-----2------------|
|3-------3-------|3--------3-----|3------3------------|
|----------------|--------3-----3|--------------------|
|----------------|---------------|--------------------|
pattern 1
||: C5 C5 (D# G# D#/G F) :||
||---------------------------||
||---------------------------||
||.-/4---/4-------0---0-----.||
||.-/2---/2---0--2---0----2-.||
||--/2---/2--2--3---2--0-3---||
||----------3----------------||
||electric ||
||---------------------------||
||---------------------------||
||---------------------------||
||-9/10-9/10\----------------||
||-9/10-9/10\----------------||
||-7/8--7/8-\----------------||
| % | % |
When I look at the hole in your coat, I have to love you more
| % |F F7sus2 Fsus2|F F7 Fadd5 F7|
I remember when I was a child and my brother slept on the floor
|electric
|---------------------------|-------------|
|---------------------------|-------------|
|---------------------------|5--3---------|
|---------------------------|3--1---1-1-1-|
|---------------------------|------------3|
|1--------------------------|-------------|
|ptrn 1 | % |
Though I know that the sun don't shine down on every man
| %
But when a woman let my brother down
|F Fsus4 |Fsus2 F6sus2 |C5
I swore one day I'd land me, me one Mary
electric
|--------------------------|---------------------|----------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|----------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|5---------|
|---3------------------6~-3|---------------------|5---------|
|--3-----------------------|---------------------|3---------|
|1-------------------------|---------------------|----------|
interlude 1; acoustic only; pedal C; approx pedal time
Mmmm, land me one Mary
|--------|---------|----------|---------|----------|
|--------|<7>------|<12>------|<7>------|<12>------|
|--------|<7>------|<12>------|<7>------|<12>------|
|--------|<7>------|<12>------|<7>------|<12>------|
|--------|---------|----------|---------|----------|
|0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0|---0-0-0-0|----0-0-0|---0-0-0-0|
pattern 2; approx. pedal time
Bb||:C F Eb :||:C F Eb Bb:||
---||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||
---||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||
---||.----9\7-------7--------------.||.----9\7-------7--------------.||
-7/||.9---7\5--------------------7/.||.9---7\5--------------------7/.||
-5/||-7---------7/9---10-7-------5/-||-7---------7/9---10-7-------5/-||
0-0||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
electric; enters after 4 rpts ||riff arranged for electric ||
---||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||
---||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||
---||.5----------------------------.||.--------------3--------------.||
---||.5----------------------------.||.----3p0---------1------------.||
-1h||-3--------------------------1h-||-3---------1h3------3~------1h-||
---||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||
Oh, Mary, yeah
interlude 2; omitted on Scoop version
repeat pattern 1
When I looked at the hole in your coat, I had to love you more
I remember when I was a child, my brother slept on the floor, mmm-mmm
Though I know that the sun don't shine down on every man
But when women put my brother down
I swore one day I'd land, I swore I'd land me Mary
outro; loose time
|C5 C5
(Mary)
|--------------------------------------<7>--------0----------|
|0----------------------------<7>------<7>--<12>--0----------|
|4----------------------------<7>------<7>--<12>--4----------|
|2----------------------------<7>-----------<12>--2----------|
|2--------------<7>-------<7>-<7>-----------------2----------|
|0---0-0-0-0-0--<7>-0-0-0-<7>--0------------------0----------|
|electric
|C5 C5
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