"Along Comes Mary" (Tandyn Almer) Intro: [rhythm guitar plays xxxx55 (implicit Am/D9) on beats 2 and 4] [fuzz guitar (left channel) doubled with electric bass; clean guitar (right channel) plays octave higher, doubled with acoustic bass]: v v v v v v v v v v ---------|-----------------|-----------------| ---------|-----------------|-----------------| ---------|-----------------|-----------------| ---------|-----------------|---6-7-----------| ---------|-------6-7-------|-----------3-5-5-| ---0-3-4-|-5-----------0-5-|---------5-------| v v v v v v v v |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|---6-7-----------| |-------6-7-------|-----------------| |---------------5-|-----------------| |-------------5---|---------0-3-4-5-| ^^^^^^^ right channel only Am Bm/A Am7 Bm/A / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / x02210 x04432 x02213 x04432 <- left channel xxx555 xxx777 xxx988 xxx777 <- right channel Verse 1: Am Bm/A Everytime I think that I'm the only one who's lonely Am7 Bm/A someone calls on me Am Bm/A And every now and then I spend my time at rhyme and verse and curse Am7 Bm/A those faults in me E A E7 A And then along comes Mary E A E7 And does she wanna give me kicks and be my steady chick A E A D G And give me pick of memories B E B E B Or maybe rather gather tales from all the fails and tribulations E A Am Noone ever sees [fill:] (Am) v v v v ---5---------------- -----8-------------- -------7b9---------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- Dm Em F When we met I was sure out to lunch F/D D Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch Am Bm/A Am7 Bm6/A Bm7/A / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / x04434 x04435 Verse 2: When vague desire is the fire in the eyes of chicks whose sickness is the games they play And when the masquerade is played the neighbor folks make jokes at who is most to blame today And then along comes Mary And does she wanna set 'em free and let 'em see reality From where she got her name And will they struggle much when told that such a tender touch of hers Will make them not the same When we met I was sure out to lunch Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch Am Bm/A Am7 Bm/A [recorder solo over intro] Verse 3: And when the morning of the warning's passed the gassed and flaccid kids are flung across the stars The psychodramas and the traumas gone, the songs are left unsung and hung upon the scars And then along comes Mary And does she wanna see the stains, the dead remains of all the pains She left the night before Or will their waking eyes reflect the lies and make them realize Their urgent cry for sight no more When we met I was sure out to lunch Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch Coda: Am Bm/A / / / / / / / / Am7 Bm/A Sweet as the punch (sweet as the punch) Am Bm/A Sweet as the punch (sweet as the punch) Am7 Bm/A Sweet as the punch (sweet as the punch) Am [end cold] Sweet as the punch -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers