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INTRO
REsus REm REsus REm
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VERSE 1
REm FA SIb
Mamas put your babies to sleep,
DO SIb DO
story too cruelsome for them this is.
REm FA SIb
In Junior High she said goodbye,
DO SIb DO
to her parents and ran away with a boy.
SOLm FA DO REm
She left her family warm and kind,
SOLm FA DO REm
all of her friends said "Youīre out of your mind".
DO REm
Life of her own she would find,
SOLm SIb LA
itīs Monday and sheīs gotta grind.
VERSE 2
REm FA SIb
A job as a waitress she sure was to find,
DO SIb DO
beautiful face, mind of a child.
REm FA SIb
Boy got her pregnant, Mary-Lou cried,
DO SIb DO
"For this I am too young oh why did you lie?"
SOLm FA DO REm
You said "Itīs okay if we do it today",
SOLm FA DO REm
I was so scared that you would go away.
DO REm
"Despite all the papers been signed,
SOLm FA LA
mama take me back be so kind".
CHORUS
REm DO FA
Only a child, reckless and wild,
SIb DO REm
needs to come home again.
DO SIb FA DO REm
He promised the moon but wonīt marry you.
DO FA
Nothing to do, eating for two,
SIb DO REm
heīs goinī out with someone new.
DO SOLm
Sunshine or rain, itīs all the same,
FA DO REm
life isnīt gray oh Mary-Lou.
VERSE 3
REm FA SIb
Mamas do your children still sleep,
DO SIb DO
in the safe of their cradles so sweet.
REm FA SIb
Story I told you I have foreseen,
DO SIb DO
your little angel ainīt always so clean.
SOLm FA DO REm
Days to come arenīt easy to see,
SOLm FA DO REm
you can change īem but it isnīt free.
DO REm
I see that you donīt believe,
SOLm FA DO REm
ooo-oo, but you will see.
CHORUS x 1
SOLO
Chorus x 2
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